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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2014 Oct;51(5):1677–1701. doi: 10.1007/s13524-014-0333-6

Table 4.

Descriptive statistics of independent variables used in the analysis, by sex

Women
 Men
Total Remain Single Cohabit Marry Total Remain Single Cohabit Marry
Family Background
 Lived in rural area at age 12 0.247 0.243 0.249 0.332b,c 0.237 0.233 0.267 0.285a,b
 Both parents married at age 14 0.779 0.781 0.760 0.776 0.762 0.765 0.733 0.780a
 Maternal education 13.280 13.294 13.199 13.177 13.130 13.184 12.623 12.949a,b,c
 Paternal education 13.384 13.423 13.104 13.302a 13.153 13.220 12.421 13.270a,c
 Negative parental net worth in 1997 0.050 0.048 0.063 0.047a 0.049 0.048 0.065 0.041a,b,c
Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Financial Characteristics
 Black 0.191 0.200 0.143 0.095a,b,c 0.159 0.162 0.157 0.090b,c
 Hispanic 0.107 0.106 0.104 0.133b 0.128 0.127 0.128 0.168b,c
 Mixed race 0.013 0.013 0.014 0.013 0.014 0.014 0.013 0.011
 Lives in rural area 0.203 0.203 0.187 0.246b,c 0.212 0.215 0.201 0.172b
 Have a child 0.199 0.191 0.258 0.211a,b 0.076 0.061 0.209 0.140a,b
 Less than high school 0.090 0.087 0.126 0.059a,b,c 0.165 0.159 0.237 0.103a,b,c
 High school 0.667 0.677 0.604 0.601a,b 0.678 0.685 0.619 0.626a
 Some college 0.048 0.047 0.048 0.083b,c 0.039 0.039 0.040 0.044
 Bachelor’s degree 0.193 0.187 0.219 0.256a 0.116 0.114 0.099 0.227a,b,c
 Currently enrolled in two-year program 0.123 0.122 0.123 0.141 0.106 0.108 0.084 0.093a
 Currently enrolled in four-year program 0.451 0.471 0.319 0.370a,b,c 0.310 0.326 0.153 0.280a,b,c
 Earnings (logged) 9.087 9.085 9.088 9.118b 9.233 9.229 9.263 9.265a,b
 Full time employed 0.246 0.236 0.306 0.317a,b 0.314 0.301 0.414 0.431a,b
 No checking/savings Account 0.219 0.219 0.233 0.174b,c 0.287 0.289 0.299 0.196b,c
 Total value of all assets 8.949 8.923 9.063 9.269b,c 9.043 9.025 9.107 9.470b
Number of Individuals 3,025 0.621 0.249 0.130 3,744 0.523 0.308 0.169

Notes: The table shows weighted sample means. All dollar values are in 2008 dollars. Underlined values denote significant differences between men and women at p < .05.

Source: NLSY97 Sample data.

a

Mean difference between remain single and cohabit is significant at p < .05.

b

Mean difference between remain single and marry is significant at p < .05.

c

Mean difference between cohabit and marry is significant at p < .05.