Table 1.

Summary statistics of the sample: 50-69 years old male workers at IMSS

Variable	Mean	Standard Deviation
Mean age	56.65	4.87
Couples	0.89	0.30
Mean number of children	5.07	2.98
Mean number of residents	4.55	2.10
Education: No schooling	0.11	0.31
Education: Basic schooling	0.53	0.49
Education: High school	0.21	0.40
Education: Undergraduate or more	0.14	0.34
Occupation: White-collar	0.24	0.43
Occupation: Blue-collar	0.38	0.48
Occupation: Services	0.30	0.46
Occupation: Farmers	0.05	0.23
Employees (vs self-employed)	0.85	0.35
Mean principal job tenure (years)	23.32	11.50
Mean labor market experience (years)	44.05	7.81
Monthly mean labor income (US dollars)	449.46	571.98
Household ownership	0.89	0.31
U.S. citizen or resident	0.01	0.09
Living in rural areas	0.06	0.24
Number of observations	802

Notes: The categories of the education variable are: no schooling (0 years of education), basic schooling (up to 6 years of education), high school (between 7 and 12 years of education), and undergraduate or more (more than 12 years of education).

Source: Author’s calculations using the 2000 Mexican National Employment Survey (ENE).