Table 1.
Summary Statistics
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Income | Health | Life dissatisfaction |
Obesity | Smoke | Drink |
| Panel A: Dependent variable | ||||||
| Mean | 2.23 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.11 | 0.38 | 0.08 |
| Standard deviation | (1.05) | (0.38) | (0.41) | (0.31) | (0.49) | (0.27) |
| Interquartile range across countries |
0.18 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
| Panel B: Years of education | ||||||
| Mean | 12.10 | 12.32 | 12.53 | 12.24 | 12.48 | 12.64 |
| Standard deviation | (4.25) | (4.09) | (4.10) | (4.17) | (4.04) | (4.03) |
| Interquartile range across countries |
1.91 | 2.09 | 2.08 | 1.75 | 2.32 | 2.28 |
| Panel C: Unemployment rates | ||||||
| Mean | 0.058 | 0.070 | 0.080 | 0.070 | 0.076 | 0.075 |
| Standard deviation | (0.042) | (0.045) | (0.050) | (0.045) | (0.048) | (0.045) |
| Standard deviation of residual UR | (0.039) | (0.040) | (0.045) | (0.041) | (0.043) | (0.040) |
| Observations | 50,590 | 28,411 | 87,407 | 17,765 | 47,818 | 19,632 |
| Years of Eurobarometer | 1997–2003 | 2002, 2006 | 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012 |
2003, 2005 | 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012 |
2006, 2009 |
| Eurobarometer data source | 47.2, 49.0, 52.1, 53.0, 55.0, 56.1, 57.0, 58.2 59.0 |
58.2, 64.3, 66.2 |
63.4, 64.2, 66.3, 71.2, 76.3, 77.3, 77.4, 78.1 |
59.0, 64.3 | 58.2, 64.1, 66.2, 72.3, 77.1 |
66.2, 72.3 |
Note: Standard deviations in parentheses. The residual unemployment rates are from regressing unemployment rates when graduating on indicators for gender, marital status, graduation cohorts, years since graduation, UR sources, countries, survey years, country interacting with survey years and linear time trends for specific country.