Table 1.

Characteristics of the NLSY79 Sample, 1979 – 2012

	White	Black / African American	Hispanic / Latino
Men	N=2,388	N=1,349	N=856
Mean Age	32.7 (0.039)	32.9 (0.046)**	32.8 (0.067)
Education (mean years of education)	13.4 (0.057)	12.5 (0.061)***	12.1 (0.112)***
Below Poverty	7% (0.003)	23.2% (0.008)***	16.4% (0.008)***
Single	32.6% (0.008)	52.1% (0.012)***	36.4% (0.015)
Married	55.4% (0.008)	32.9% (0.010)***	48.8% (0.014)***
Divorced/ Separated/ Widowed	12.0% (0.005)	15.0% (0.007)***	14.7% (0.009)**
1+ Children	37.6% (0.008)	30.2% (0.010)***	43.7% (0.014)***
Non-Heavy Drinking	59.0% (0.008)	71.2% (0.008)***	59.5% (0.013)
Women	N=2,510	N=1,402	N=886
Mean Age	32.9 (0.035)	33.2 (0.037)***	33.0 (0.061)
Education (mean years of education)	13.4 (0.054)	12.9 (0.057)***	12.2 (0.110)***
Below Poverty	9.7% (0.004)	33.4% (0.009)***	23.7% (0.011)***
Single	21.4% (0.007)	44.2% (0.012)***	23.4% (0.013)
Married	62.9% (0.007)	31.5% (0.009)***	54.7% (0.013)***
Divorced/ Separated/ Widowed	15.7% (0.006)	24.3% (0.009)***	21.9% (0.011)***
1+ Children	61.9% (0.008)	74.1% (0.010)***	74.5% (0.014)***
Non-Heavy Drinking	80.8% (0.006)	87.5% (0.006)***	85.1% (0.009)***

Note. Means and percentages shown with standard errors in parentheses. All comparisons are to whites.

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