TABLE 2.

Characteristics of the Terman Men by Mobilization Status

	Essential War Work		Military Service
Social Factors	Yes	No	Yes	No
At start of war (1940):
Agea	29.6	29.9	28.9	30.4***
1911–20 cohort	50.5	47.0	56.7	42.4***
Healthb	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.4
Educationa	12.9	12.7	13.3	12.4***
Ever married	65.0	63.1	48.3	74.8***
Has a child	60.3	65.6	49.3	73.6***
Prewar occupation:
Engineer, scientist	18.5	7.8***	6.0	12.9**
Physician	1.6	5.5**	9.0	1.8***
Lawyer	3.8	9.4**	12.0	5.7**
Manager	13.0	11.6	15.0	10.0**
Social scientist, teacher, writer	22.3	15.9**	16.7	17.8
Sales, clerical worker	17.9	19.5	20.3	18.4
Student	22.8	30.3*	21.0	33.2***
Career floundering	21.9	18.0	21.2	17.4
Supervisor	22.5	18.9	21.2	18.8
Work life progress	51.3	47.3	48.4	48.2
Postwar:
Occupation different than in 1940	79.3	53.6***	60.3	59.2
Supervisor, 1948	47.2	38.0**	35.3	43.7**
Work life progress, 1946–72	60.4	59.9	61.3	59.1
No. of mena	156–184	464–604	256–300	362–488

NOTE.—The number of missing cases varies across variables.Values are percentages except where otherwise indicated.

^aValue is mean years.

^bFor health 1 = low, 5 = high; mean score is shown.

^*P < .10.

^**P < .05.

^***P < .01.