Table A4.
Summary statistics test II.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 | 681 | 1,482 | 1,482 | |||||
| Subjective well-being: | ||||||||
| Life satisfaction | 0-10 | 6.65 | 1.80 | 6.63 | 1.75 | -0.02 | 6.70 | 1.63 |
| Income and Wealth: | ||||||||
| Equivalent income, in euros | ≤ 2,713 | 870.95 | 235.86 | 836.08 | 208.39 | -34.87⁎⁎* | 870.73 | 235.83 |
| Savings, class | 0-6 | 1.01 | 1.18 | 0.82 | 1.05 | -0.18⁎⁎* | 1.01 | 1.18 |
| Socio-demographic characteristics: | ||||||||
| Age, in years | 25-59 | 41.98 | 8.81 | 43.80 | 8.57 | 1.82⁎⁎* | 41.97 | 8.81 |
| Adults in household | 1-7 | 1.59 | 0.60 | 1.53 | 0.56 | -0.06⁎⁎ | 1.59 | 0.60 |
| Children in household | 0-6 | 1.09 | 1.02 | 1.13 | 1.09 | 0.04 | 1.09 | 1.02 |
| Children outside household | 0-7 | 0.54 | 0.92 | 0.64 | 0.99 | 0.10⁎⁎ | 0.54 | 0.92 |
| Child younger 7 years in household | share | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.24 | |||
| Close contacts outside household | 1-99 | 6.64 | 5.98 | 6.59 | 6.96 | -0.05 | 6.64 | 5.98 |
| Years of schooling | 7-21 | 11.64 | 2.14 | 11.62 | 2.30 | -0.02 | 11.64 | 2.14 |
| Gender: male | share | 0.38 | 0.33 | -0.05⁎⁎ | 0.38 | |||
| Marital status: single | share | 0.29 | 0.28 | -0.01 | 0.29 | |||
| Marital status: married | share | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.37 | |||
| Marital st.: separated/divorced/widowed | share | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.33 | |||
| Immigrant (1st – 3rd generation) | share | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.05⁎⁎ | 0.28 | |||
| Region: West-Germany | share | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.01 | 0.62 | |||
| Number of unemployment episodes | 0-30 | 0.63 | 1.58 | 0.48 | 1.89 | -0.15* | 0.63 | 1.58 |
| Health: | ||||||||
| Disability, officially registered | share | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.03⁎⁎ | 0.06 | |||
| Disability, currently applying | share | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |||
| Overnight stay in hospital (last year) | share | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |||
| Number of visits to a doctor (last quarter) | 0-90 | 2.31 | 5.82 | 2.30 | 3.98 | -0.01 | 2.30 | 5.82 |
| Care giving to relatives or friends | share | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.05 | |||
| Job characteristics: | ||||||||
| Monthly gross earnings, in euros | ≤ 4,200 | 1,156.95 | 546.56 | 944.39 | 453.17 | -212.56⁎⁎* | 1,156.66 | 546.49 |
| Employment Type: Blue-collar | share | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.31 | |||
| Employment Type: White-collar | share | 0.58 | 0.55 | -0.03 | 0.58 | |||
| Employment Type: Self-employed | share | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.03* | 0.11 | |||
| Temporary contract | share | 0.19 | 0.17 | -0.02 | 0.19 | |||
| Part-time employed | share | 0.49 | 0.61 | 0.12⁎⁎* | 0.49 | |||
| Work strain index | 1-10 | 6.55 | 2.40 | 6.72 | 2.31 | 0.17 | 6.55 | 2.40 |
| Actual working hours per week | 15-80 | 33.96 | 11.30 | 31.59 | 11.59 | -2.37⁎⁎* | 33.95 | 11.30 |
| Tenure, in months | ≤ 499 | 49.57 | 71.21 | 58.03 | 75.05 | 8.46⁎⁎ | 49.56 | 71.20 |
Note. *denotes significance at the 10% level
⁎⁎
at the 5% level and ⁎⁎⁎at the 1% level. Control group balanced on first and second moment. All variables relate to pre-transition PASS interviews.
Source. PASS 2007–2018.