Table 1.

Adjusted Predicted Probabilities of Holding Work Values, at Selected Illustrative Values of Respondent Characteristics

		“Very Important” Rating of …
Explanatory Variable	Continue Working	Secure Job	High Income	Advancement	Interesting Job	Help Others	Help Society	Flexible Hours
Sex
Male	0.72	0.60	0.25	0.41	0.50	0.30	0.35	0.14
Female	0.68	0.65	0.24	0.41	0.52	0.37	0.39	0.16
Race
Black	0.69	0.70	0.40	0.55	0.51	0.41	0.44	0.20
Nonblack	0.70	0.62	0.22	0.39	0.51	0.33	0.36	0.14
Education
8 years	0.65	0.74	0.36	0.47	0.46	0.36	0.36	0.20
12 years	0.69	0.66	0.27	0.43	0.50	0.34	0.37	0.16
16 years	0.73	0.57	0.19	0.38	0.54	0.33	0.38	0.13
Marital Status
Married	0.69	0.61	0.21	0.40	0.48	0.33	0.37	0.16
Unmarried	0.72	0.65	0.26	0.42	0.53	0.35	0.38	0.14
# Children at home
0	0.69	0.64	0.24	0.42	0.52	0.35	0.38	0.15
2	0.72	0.62	0.24	0.39	0.48	0.32	0.37	0.15
SEI of occupation
20	0.70	0.66	0.28	0.44	0.47	0.33	0.37	0.14
45	0.70	0.63	0.24	0.41	0.51	0.34	0.37	0.15
70	0.71	0.60	0.21	0.38	0.55	0.35	0.38	0.16
Parental Educationa
8 years	0.70	0.66	0.26	0.45	0.47	0.32	0.37	0.15
12 years	0.70	0.62	0.21	0.42	0.49	0.30	0.34	0.15
16 years	0.71	0.58	0.17	0.38	0.51	0.28	0.31	0.14
(N)b	(21,950)	(5,219)	(5,193)	(5,198)	(5,205)	(5,199)	(5,198)	(5,177)

Note: Entries give the predicted probability of holding a work value among people in the indicated group, holding all other predictors (including age, period and cohort) constant at average values. Bold entries correspond to statistically significant (p<0.05) differences.

^aEstimates for parental education are based on a separate model that excludes observations made in 2006.

^bFor parental education, N is smaller by roughly 1500.