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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Cap. 2013 Winter;7(4):297–339. doi: 10.1086/673207

Table 2.

Estimated change in health between waves, by HRS cohort and by education group, two-person households, all years combined.

Lagged Asset Quintile
1 (low) 2 3 4 5 (high)
Age 51 to 61 in 1992 (HRS)
 < HS −3.79 −3.55 −3.96 −2.91 −3.69
 HS −3.61 −3.63 −3.80 −3.88 −2.92
 Some college −3.66 −4.22 −3.70 −3.83 −3.83
 College or more −4.28 −3.38 −3.89 −3.75 −3.38
Age 72–82 in 1995 (AHEAD)
 < HS −5.07 −6.00 −5.20 −4.10 −5.98
 HS −5.51 −4.87 −4.66 −5.04 −6.37
 Some college −2.49 −7.28 −5.37 −3.65 −4.02
 College or more −3.00 −4.02 −8.52 −4.37 −6.07
Age 65 to 75 in 1998 (CODA)
 < HS −3.52 −4.45 −4.52 −2.34 −2.79
 HS −3.33 −4.19 −3.23 −4.28 −4.22
 Some college −4.66 −3.93 −4.86 −4.01 −4.64
 College or more −3.31 −3.77 −6.29 −3.35 −4.47
Age 65+ in 1998
 < HS −3.57 −4.76 −4.81 −2.64 −3.50
 HS −3.80 −3.76 −3.63 −3.49 −4.60
 Some college −4.41 −4.02 −4.78 −3.18 −3.73
 College or more −2.95 −4.05 −4.12 −2.89 −3.78