Table A2.

Gender, Education, and Family SES Differences between Respondents, Non-Respondents and Deceased Sample Members

	Respondents		Non-Respondents			Deceased
	Avg or %	(sd)	Avg or %	(sd)		Avg or %	(sd)
1975 Telephone Survey	(n = 9,139)		(n = 1,004)			(n = 174)
Male	47.4%		54.1%		**	67.8%		**
Years of Schooling Completed (in Years)	13.4	(1.8)	13.1	(1.7)	**	13.2	(1.6)	n.s.
Father's Education (in Years)	9.7	(3.4)	9.8	(3.0)	n.s.	9.8	(2.9)	n.s.
Family Income in 1957 (logged)	8.51	(.70)	8.44	(.75)	**	8.30	(.77)	**
1993 Telephone and Mail Surveys	(n = 6,548)		(n = 2,250)			(n = 341)
Male	46.3%		49.3%		**	55.4%		**
Years of Schooling Completed (in Years)	13.5	(1.9)	13.1	(1.6)	**	13.3	(1.7)	*
Father's Education (in Years)	9.8	(3.4)	9.6	(3.3)	*	9.7	(3.5)	n.s.
Family Income in 1957 (logged)	8.53	(.69)	8.48	(.70)	**	8.45	(.78)	n.s.
2004 Telephone and Mail Surveys	(n = 5,300)		(n = 861)			(n = 387)
Male	45.3%		47.9%		n.s.	56.8%		**
Years of Schooling Completed (in Years)	13.5	(1.9)	13.2	(1.7)	**	13.3	(1.8)	**
Father's Education (in Years)	9.8	(3.5)	9.6	(3.2)	n.s.	9.7	(3.4)	n.s.
Family Income in 1957 (logged)	8.54	(.68)	8.51	(.76)	n.s.	8.51	(.65)	n.s.

Notes: Hypothesis tests compare non-respondents to respondents and, separately, deceased sample members to respondents. n.s. = Not Significant

^**p, .01

^*p, .05