Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics, 1970–1973 Cohorts
| Variable | Femalesa (n = 504) |
Malesb (n = 462) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Work/school status (2-year lag) | |||||
| Not working or in school | .04 | .19 | .04 | .20 | |
| Regular work | .62 | .48 | .66 | .47 | |
| Non-regular work | .11 | .32 | .07 | .25 | |
| School enrollment | .23 | .42 | .23 | .42 | |
| School attainment | |||||
| Junior high school | .03 | .18 | .07 | .25 | |
| Senior high school | .37 | .48 | .38 | .49 | |
| Technical training school | .14 | .34 | .16 | .37 | |
| Junior college/adv. technical | .28 | .45 | .05 | .22 | |
| University or higher | .18 | .39 | .34 | .47 | |
| Age | 25.91 | 4.79 | 26.74 | 5.02 | |
| Cohabited | .04 | .20 | .04 | .20 | |
| Birth cohort | |||||
| 1970 | .25 | .43 | .25 | .43 | |
| 1971 | .25 | .43 | .28 | .45 | |
| 1972 | .26 | .44 | .22 | .41 | |
| 1973 | .24 | .43 | .25 | .43 | |
| Sample (2009 cross-section = 1) | .63 | .48 | .66 | .47 | |
Note. adv. = advanced.
a
Number of person-years = 4,924.
b
Number of person-years = 5,485.