Table 2.

Characteristics of non-POWs, exchange-period POWs, and non-exchange-period POWs by age group in 1900

	Non-POWs	Exchange POWs	Non-Exchange POWs
Age in 1900 <65
Age in 1900	57.838	58.104	58.500
U.S.-born	0.871	0.834	0.862
Enlisted in city of 50,000+	0.064	0.062	0.048
Year of enlistment	1,862.222	1,861.947	1,861.084
Had personal property wealth in 1860	0.074	0.071	0.061
Laborer in 1860	0.162	0.136	0.207
Age at capture		21.676	22.084
Laborer in 1880	0.227	0.217	0.326
Homeowner in 1880	0.527	0.552	0.527
Married in 1900	0.716	0.751	0.764
Age in 1900 ≥65
Age in 1900	70.191	69.739	69.036
U.S.-born	0.758	0.759	0.740
Enlisted in city of 50,000+	0.072	0.064	0.059
Year of enlistment	1,862.641	1,862.086	1,861.781
Had personal property wealth in 1860	0.594	0.182	0.602
Laborer in 1860	0.167	0.182	0.201
Age at capture		33.137	32.158
Laborer in 1880	0.193	0.242	0.292
Homeowner in 1900	0.496	0.508	0.515
Married in 1900	0.607	0.652	0.669

Note: The samples are the combined Fogel and Andersonville samples and are restricted to veterans alive and on the pension rolls in 1900.