Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics

Variable	Male		Female		Both Sexes
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Minimum	Maximum
Dependent Variables
Verbal Skill Utilization	2.36	1.16	2.28	1.29	0	6.2
Quant. Skill Utilization	3.19	1.31	2.81	1.50	.2	6.2
Analytic Skill Utilization	2.75	1.28	2.61	1.38	.33	6.33
Independent Variables
Age	4.91	1.00	4.70	1.04	25	62
Four-Year Degree Proportion	.26	.07	.25	.07	.02	.49
Metro Area: Not Identified	.16	.36	.16	.36	0	1
Metro Area: Not in Central City	.23	.42	.24	.43	0	1
Metro Area: Central City	.25	.43	.23	.42	0	1
Metro Area: Outside Central City	.36	.48	.37	.48	0	1
Geographic Region: Northeast	.09	.28	.09	.28	0	1
Geographic Region: Mid-Atlantic	.13	.34	.13	.34	0	1
Geographic Region: E. North Central	.14	.35	.15	.36	0	1
Geographic Region: W. North Central	.10	.30	.10	.29	0	1
Geographic Region: S. Atlantic	.18	.38	.16	.37	0	1
Geographic Region: E. South Central	.05	.23	.05	.22	0	1
Geographic Region: W. South Central	.09	.29	.09	.28	0	1
Geographic Region: Mountain West	.09	.29	.10	.30	0	1
Geographic Region: Pacific	.12	.32	.13	.33	0	1
White	.76	.43	.78	.41	0	1
Black	.13	.34	.09	.28	0	1
Hispanic	.12	.32	.13	.34	0	1
Married	.62	.49	.75	.43	0	1
Never Married	.16	.36	.15	.35	0	1
Widowed/Divorced/Separated	.23	.42	.11	.31	0	1
No College	.63	.48	.65	.48	0	1
Some College	.11	.31	.10	.29	0	1
Four-Year Degree	.18	.38	.16	.37	0	1
More than Four-Year Degree	.08	.27	.09	.28	0	1

Source: Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey: 1971 to 2010 (Flood et al. 2015).

Note: Four-year degree proportion is by cohort, time period, and census division.