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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Educ Econ. 2015 May 1;24(4):393–410. doi: 10.1080/09645292.2015.1032891

Table 4. Marginal effects of years of education at different life stages on health, wealth, and income among subgroups of military retirees.

Dependent variable Education at entrance, age 20 Change in education during service, ages 20-45 Change in education after service, ages 45-55 Pseudo R2 N Addendum: MFX of lifetime education
SOME POST-SERVICE EDUCATION
Self-reported fair or poor health -0.0469 (0.0073) ** -0.0267 (0.0065) ** -0.0084 (0.0053) 0.2152 4,873 -0.0206 (0.0040) **
Log household income in 2002 0.0724 (0.0107) ** 0.0811 (0.0096) ** 0.0291 (0.0079) ** 0.0890 4,873 0.0511 (0.0059) **
Home ownership in 2002 0.0067 (0.0042) 0.0054 (0.0037) 0.0032 (0.0031) 0.1023 4,873 0.0045 (0.0023)
NO POST-SERVICE EDUCATION
Self-reported fair or poor health -0.0204 (0.0026) ** -0.0134 (0.0022) ** 0.2279 11,282 -0.0159 (0.0020) **
Log household income in 2002 0.0577 (0.0045) ** 0.0548 (0.0039) ** 0.1997 11,282 0.0558 (0.0036) **
Home ownership in 2002 0.0057 (0.0017) ** 0.0058 (0.0015) ** 0.1415 11,282 0.0058 (0.0013) **
SOME EDUCATION DURING SERVICE
Self-reported fair or poor health -0.0333 (0.0030) ** -0.0157 (0.0025) ** -0.0072 (0.0032) * 0.2329 12,496 -0.0183 (0.0020) **
Log household income in 2002 0.0662 (0.0048) ** 0.0573 (0.0041) ** 0.0300 (0.0055) ** 0.1750 12,496 0.0533 (0.0033) **
Home ownership in 2002 0.0089 (0.0018) ** 0.0042 (0.0015) ** 0.0048 (0.0020) * 0.1215 12,496 0.0056 (0.0012) **
NO EDUCATION DURING SERVICE
Self-reported fair or poor health -0.0117 (0.0048) * -0.0018 (0.0059) 0.2198 3,659 -0.0081 (0.0041) *
Log household income in 2002 0.0580 (0.0081) * 0.0117 (0.0109) * 0.1566 3,659 0.0435 (0.0072) **
Home ownership in 2002 0.0036 (0.0033) 0.0073 (0.0042) 0.1466 3,659 0.0049 (0.0028)

Notes: See the notes to Table 2. Each row reports estimates from a separate regression of the dependent variable within the indicated subsample.