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 |
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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.