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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Econ Ageing. 2015 Dec 1;6:133–148. doi: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2015.08.001

Table 10.

Means of variables by level of education

Level of education
Component <HS HS degree Some
college
College or more Difference
(College+
minus < HS)
Grand mean
Assets
  men $161,315 $294,005 $464,516 $893,383 $732,068 $510,068
  women $162,588 $329,985 $492,801 $901,785 $739,197 $498,566
Lifetime earnings
  men $1,037,393 $1,805,977 $1,939,314 $2,264,646 $1,227,253 $1,890,004
  women $1,004,416 $1,744,898 $1,879,923 $2,261,382 $1,256,966 $1,825,705
SP (ratio of means)
  men 0.16 0.16 0.24 0.39 0.24 0.270
  women 0.16 0.19 0.26 0.40 0.24 0.273