Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics by Time
| MIDUS 2 n = 725 |
MIDUS 3 n = 336 |
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| M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age | 53.19 | 10.88 | 61.22 | 9.53 |
| Behavioral Disengagement | 1.77 | 0.59 | 1.79 | 0.58 |
| Baseline tax rate | $0.35 | $0.17 | $0.73 | $0.49 |
| Tax rate | $0.76 | $0.49 | $1.47 | $0.98 |
| Self-reported health | 3.22 | 1.01 | 3.01 | 1.06 |
| Number of years since quit (former smokers only) | 5.14 | 4.63 | 5.67 | 5.87 |
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| Female | 405 | 55.86% | 196 | 58.33% |
| Race | ||||
| White | 676 | 93.24% | 314 | 93.45% |
| Black | 27 | 3.72% | 9 | 2.68% |
| Other | 22 | 3.03% | 13 | 3.87% |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 74 | 10.21% | 26 | 7.74% |
| High school or some college | 497 | 68.55% | 234 | 69.64% |
| College | 154 | 21.24% | 76 | 22.62% |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Current smoker | 243 | 33.52 | 192 | 57.14 |
| Former smoker | 482 | 66.48 | 144 | 42.86 |