Table 2.

Control variables.

	Men	Women
Avg. age	29.0	28.7
Race-Ethnicity (%)
White	65.8	66.0
Hispanic	12.0	11.7
Black	15.0	15.6
Asian	3.5	3.3
Other	3.6	3.4
% in School	13.2	18.6
Education level (%)
Less than HS	10.4	7.3
High school	21.0	14.1
Some college/Vocational training	41.7	44.8
College Degree or more	26.9	33.8
Household income, $ (%)
0–39,999	29.1	33.5
40,000–74,999	33.8	33.2
75,000 +	29.9	26.6
Missing	7.1	6.7
Relationship status (%)
Married	36.6	43.5
Cohabiting	18.9	19.3
Separated-Divorced-Widow	6.3	7.6
Single or dating	38.1	29.7
Avg. # of children	0.8	1.1
Self-reported health (%)
Excellent	20.6	17.7
Very good	37.7	38.9
Good	33.0	33.8
Fair	7.7	8.1
Poor	1.0	1.5
N	6688	7646