Table 16.

Means of variables by level of education

Level of education
	less than high school	high school degree	some college	college or more	Difference College+ minus < HS)
Health
men	55.4	59.4	61.7	70.3	14.9
women	45.5	54.6	58.3	64.7	19.2
Percent not employed
men	26.5	23.7	25.5	20	−6.5
women	57.7	40.5	31.3	29.1	−28.6
Years since last job
men	2.34	2.52	2.08	1.75	−0.59
women	3.17	3.39	2.83	3.13	−0.04
Weekly earnings
men	$506	$625	$781	$1,279	$774
women	$179	$274	$425	$660	$481
Assets
men	$209,756	$409,913	$616,562	$1,023,354	$813,598
women	$228,582	$431,038	$620,725	$962,932	$734,350

Note: Data are from the 1998 – 2010 waves of the HRS. Pathway variables are from last wave before age 62