TABLE A-2.
Benchmarking the number of own children by race and age in the PSID to estimates from external data sources
| PSID (2013) [1] |
External sources (identified in notes) |
Difference between PSID and external sources |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whites | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4+ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4+ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4+ | |||
| Age | ||||||||||||||||||
| 25–34 | 51.9 | 17.4 | 20.5 | 6.0 | 4.2 | [2] | 39.0 | 21.8 | 24.9 | 9.8 | 4.6 | [3] | 12.9 | −4.4 | −4.4 | −3.8 | −0.4 | |
| 35–44 | 21.2 | 17.7 | 36.0 | 17.1 | 8.0 | [2] | 16.1 | 19.0 | 37.0 | 18.7 | 9.3 | [3] | 5.1 | −1.3 | −1.0 | −1.6 | −1.3 | |
| 45–54 | 21.6 | 18.4 | 38.1 | 16.4 | 5.5 | - | - | - | - | - | [4] | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 55+ | 6.7 | 31.7 | 35.0 | 18.2 | 8.5 | 12.6 | 13.7 | 35.1 | 21.6 | 17.0 | [5] | −5.9 | 18.0 | −0.1 | −3.4 | −8.5 | ||
| Blacks | 25–34 | 26.1 | 26.6 | 25.8 | 11.7 | 9.7 | [2] | 27.1 | 24.0 | 22.8 | 13.2 | 13.0 | [3] | −1.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | −1.5 | −3.3 |
| 35–44 | 14.3 | 18.3 | 28.9 | 24.3 | 14.2 | [2] | 16.6 | 17.9 | 29.0 | 19.7 | 16.9 | [3] | −2.3 | 0.4 | −0.1 | 4.6 | −2.7 | |
| 45–54 | 14.6 | 23.9 | 29.5 | 20.8 | 11.3 | - | - | - | - | - | [4] | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 55+ | 8.4 | 29.3 | 34.7 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 16.6 | 24.1 | 17.0 | 29.3 | [5] | −4.6 | 12.7 | 10.6 | −1.6 | −17.0 | ||
NOTES:
[1]
Authors’ calculations. Weighted using individual cross-sectional weights adjusted using Freedman and Schoeni (2016).
[2]
Sample restricted to females for comparability to Current Population Survey (2012), June Fertility Supplement.
[3]
Current Population Survey (2012), June Fertility Supplement. Sample restricted to female household heads, spouses of heads, or unmarried partners of heads. Weighted using individual weights.
[4]
Recent, external data unavailable for age interval.
[5]
Health and Retirement Study (2010). Weighted using individual weights.