Table 1.

Percent of Demographic and SES Groups by Age across Age Categories & Mean Age

	Percent across Age Categories			Percent within Age Categories			Percent, All Ages (25+)	Mean Age	Sample sizes
	25–44	45–64	65+	25–44	45–64	65+
Overall				38	38	24		51.9	13,150
Gender
Female	37	38	26	51	52	55	52	52.4	7,140
Male	39	38	23	49	48	45	48	51.5**	6,010
Race and Ethncity
NH White	33	38	28	64	72	83	71	53.6	7,082
NH Black	42	41	17	12	12	7	11	49.2***	4,158
Hispanic	52	36	13	18	12	7	13	46.5***	1,464
NH Other	52	32	15	7	4	3	5	47.4***	446
Education
HS or less	32	40	28	32	41	44	38	54.3***	5,262
Some college	39	38	23	25	24	22	24	51.2**	3,482
BA or more	43	36	22	43	36	34	38	50.1	4,406
Household Income
Bottom Quartile	31	33	37	15	16	27	18	56.6***	2,550
Second Quartile	40	31	29	24	18	27	23	52.3***	3,166
Third Quartile	41	36	23	30	26	26	28	50.5	3,660
Top Quartile	37	48	15	31	40	20	32	50.3	3,774
Sample sizes	6,808	4,392	1,950

Data Source: 2017 Wave, PSID. Sample: PSID heads and spouses, 25 years and older. Weights: PSID individual cross-section weights.

Notes:Asterisks (*) are for tests of age of a subgroup being significantly different from base group, where:

^*P-value ≤ 0.10;

^**P-value ≤ 0.05;

^***P-value ≤ 0.01.

Base groups are female, NH White, BA or more, top income quartile.