Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for all variables in selection and health equations, N=3,605
| Respondent characteristics | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical health, age 50 | 50.1 | 9.4 | 11.2 | 67.3 |
| Mental health, age 50 | 53.9 | 8.1 | 12.9 | 68.6 |
| Non-Latino, non-Black ab | 50.0% | |||
| -Black | 30.9% | |||
| -Latino | 19.1% | |||
| Non-US native ab | 6.7% | |||
| AFQT-R percentile, 1980ab | 38.3 | 30.4 | 1 | 99.0 |
| Years of education, age 25 (centered at 12)ab | −.64 | 3.8 | −12 | 8 |
| Skilled labor, age 25a | 16.1% | |||
| -Professional | 10.2% | |||
| -Sales | 16.0% | |||
| -Service | 11.1% | |||
| -Farm | 3.0% | |||
| -Machine labor | 8.6% | |||
| -Transportation | 6.2% | |||
| -Unskilled labor | 7.7% | |||
| -Military | 6.6% | |||
| -Student | 2.5% | |||
| -Out of work | 12.0% | |||
| Number of residential children, age 25a | .38 | .76 | 0 | 5 |
| Never-married, age 25a | 58.0% | |||
| -Married | 35.3% | |||
| -Divorced or widowed | 6.5% | |||
| Health limits work ab | 3.4% | |||
| Family of originab | ||||
| -Mother did not graduate HS | 42.3% | |||
| -Lived below poverty line | 17.5% | |||
| -Did not live with both parents | 31.2% | |||
| Local contexta | ||||
| County-level unemployment | 19.3% | 4.9% | 4.5% | 43% |
| % union workers in state, age 25 | 17.9% | 7.8% | 0% | 44.6% |
| Lives in rural area, age 25 | 18.4% | |||
| Mechanisms, age 50b | ||||
| Never-married, age 50 | 17.8% | |||
| -Married | 57.2% | |||
| -Divorced | 20.7% | |||
| -Widowed | 4.2% | |||
| Household size | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1 | 10 |
| Net worth (logged) | 14.6 | .32 | 0 | 15.6 |
| Body Mass Index (centered at 25) | 4.1 | 5.2 | −13.4 | 44.1 |
| R is a smoker | 27.2% | |||
| Did not binge drink in last month | 79.5% | |||
| -Binge drank <1x/week in last month | 8.9% | |||
| -Binge drank ≥1x/week in last month | 11.6% | |||
| Sleep hours on weekdays (centered at 7) | −.43 | 1.4 | −7 | 5 |
| Unable to/never engages in physical activity for >10 min | 26.9% | |||
| Lacks health insurance | 18.4% | |||
| Experienced any unemployment, ages 25–49 | 71.9% | |||
| Total weeks unemployed, ages 25–49 | 33.2 | 49.8 | 0 | 442 |
| Weeks unemployed X Any unemployment, Standardized |
0 | 1 | −.89 | 7.5 |
| Average hours employed per week, ages 25–49 (centered at 40) | 5.5 | 8.0 | −38 | 61 |
| Employer provides access to retirement plan | 63.2% | |||
| Likes current or most recent job very much | 46.4% | |||
| -Likes current/most recent job fairly well | 44.8% | |||
| -Dislikes somewhat | 6.3% | |||
| -Dislikes very much | 2.5% |
a
= variables in selection equation predicting group-based income trajectory
b
= variable in second-stage equation predicting health at age 50