Table 1.

Sample Description (WLS 1992–2011)

		1992	2004	2010
Personal Characteristics	Male	0.53	0.52	0.52
	Married	0.81	0.79	0.73
	Age	53.22	64.33	71.23
	1957 Family Income	6304.85	6365.33	6373.06
	Mother’s Years Schooling	10.55	10.57	10.59
	Father’s Occupational Statusa	34.28	34.55	34.56
	Adolescent Cognitionb	102.04	102.60	103.02
	High School Degree	0.60	0.58	0.57
	Some College	0.13	0.14	0.13
	College Degree	0.14	0.15	0.15
	Above College Degree	0.13	0.13	0.14
	Stroke	0.00	0.03	0.05
	Diabetes	0.04	0.12	0.17
	Heart	0.05	0.15	0.25
	Cancer	0.03	0.10	0.18
	Net worth rankingc	51.98	52.85	53.71
	Pension	0.73	0.53	0.60
Job Characteristics	Occ. Education Scored	0.68	0.74	0.76
	Service Producing Industry	0.69	0.70	0.70
Class of Worker	Private	0.63	0.63	0.62
	Government	0.23	0.24	0.24
	Self-employed	0.14	0.13	0.14
Occupation	Professional/managerial	0.27	0.27	0.27
	Sales/clerical	0.43	0.45	0.45
	Crafts/operators/laborers	0.30	0.28	0.28
N		5,853	4,932	4,135

^aSocioeconomic status is the 1970 Duncan Socioeconomic index (0–100 scale).

^bAdolescent cognition is the Hemnon-Nelson score.

^cNetworth ranking is the percentile rank for the 1992 distribution of assets.

^dOccupational education scores represent the percentage of people in the occupation that have completed at least one year of college, transformed to a started logit score.