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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 8.

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 61.0 63.8 65.6 74.9 13.9
  women 48.1 58.7 62.0 68.2 20.1
Percent not employed
  Men 19.1 15.3 14.0 8.7 −10.4
  women 49.1 27.5 23.1 17.6 −31.5
Years since last job
  men 0.65 0.57 0.43 0.21 −0.44
  women 2.69 1.73 1.44 1.24 −1.45
Weekly earnings
  Men $531 $759 $952 $1,708 $1,177
  women $212 $384 $531 $931 $719
Assets
  Men $195,837 $339,274 $468,496 $903,119 $707,282
  women $193,817 $357,286 $532,727 $885,248 $691,431