Table A2.
Summary statistics test I.2
| Range | Transition |
Control |
∆ | Balanced control |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mean / share |
Std. dev. (means) |
Mean / share |
Std. dev. (means) |
Control-Trans |
Mean / share |
Std. dev. (means) |
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| Number of observations | 188 | 1,501 | 1,501 | |||||
| Subjective well-being: | ||||||||
| Life satisfaction | 0-10 | 6.16 | 1.96 | 6.62 | 1.75 | 0.46⁎⁎* | 6.66 | 1.78 |
| Income and Wealth: | ||||||||
| Equivalent income, in euros | ≤ 8,398 | 870.92 | 651.72 | 835.97 | 208.27 | -34.94 | 870.92 | 202.27 |
| Savings, class | 0-6 | 0.65 | 0.92 | 0.82 | 1.05 | 0.17⁎⁎ | 0.65 | 0.89 |
| Socio-demographic characteristics: | ||||||||
| Age, in years | 25-59 | 41.98 | 8.86 | 43.79 | 8.59 | 1.82⁎⁎* | 41.98 | 8.57 |
| Adults in household | 1-9 | 1.62 | 0.90 | 1.53 | 0.56 | -0.09 | 1.62 | 0.77 |
| Children in household | 0-7 | 1.24 | 1.31 | 1.13 | 1.10 | -0.11 | 1.24 | 1.12 |
| Children outside household | 0-7 | 0.62 | 0.99 | 0.64 | 0.99 | 0.01 | 0.62 | 1.04 |
| Child younger 7 years in household | share | 0.31 | 0.23 | -0.08⁎⁎ | 0.31 | |||
| Close contacts outside household | 1-99 | 6.49 | 7.74 | 6.59 | 6.95 | 0.10 | 6.49 | 6.31 |
| Years of schooling | 7-21 | 11.00 | 2.20 | 11.63 | 2.30 | 0.63⁎⁎* | 11.00 | 1.95 |
| Gender: male | share | 0.41 | 0.33 | -0.08⁎⁎ | 0.41 | |||
| Marital status: single | share | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.29 | |||
| Marital status: married | share | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.04 | 0.34 | |||
| Marital st.: separated/divorced/widowed | share | 0.38 | 0.34 | -0.04 | 0.38 | |||
| Immigrant (1st – 3rd generation) | share | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.04 | 0.29 | |||
| Region: West-Germany | share | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.02 | 0.61 | |||
| Number of unemployment episodes | 0-30 | 0.85 | 2.35 | 0.48 | 1.89 | -0.37⁎⁎ | 0.85 | 3.16 |
| Health: | ||||||||
| Disability, officially registered | share | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.08 | |||
| Disability, currently applying | share | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |||
| Overnight stay in hospital (last year) | share | 0.13 | 0.12 | -0.01 | 0.13 | |||
| Number of visits to a doctor (last quarter) | 0-90 | 3.03 | 3.63 | 2.30 | 3.96 | -0.74⁎⁎ | 3.03 | 7.62 |
| Care giving to relatives or friends | share | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.04 | |||
| Job characteristics: | ||||||||
| Monthly gross earnings, in euros | ≤ 3,300 | 971.73 | 542.78 | 945.25 | 453.55 | -26.48 | 971.73 | 464.98 |
| Employment Type: Blue-collar | share | 0.40 | 0.31 | -0.09⁎⁎ | 0.40 | |||
| Employment Type: White-collar | share | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.04 | 0.51 | |||
| Employment Type: Self-employed | share | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.05* | 0.09 | |||
| Temporary contract | share | 0.37 | 0.17 | -0.19⁎⁎* | 0.37 | |||
| Part-time employed | share | 0.52 | 0.61 | 0.09⁎⁎ | 0.52 | |||
| Work strain index | 1-10 | 7.07 | 2.09 | 6.72 | 2.32 | -0.35⁎⁎ | 7.07 | 2.20 |
| Actual working hours per week | 15-80 | 34.28 | 12.25 | 31.67 | 11.65 | -2.61⁎⁎* | 34.28 | 12.55 |
| Tenure, in months | ≤ 499 | 26.99 | 43.21 | 57.81 | 75.02 | 30.82⁎⁎* | 27.04 | 34.56 |
Note. *denotes significance at the 10% level
⁎⁎
at the 5% level and ⁎⁎⁎at the 1% level. Control group balanced on the first moment. All variables relate to pre-transition PASS interviews.
Source. PASS 2007–2018.