Table 3.
Mean and SDs of Aggregate Social Role Instability by Data Source, Birth-year Group, Age Group, and Sociodemographic Moderators
| Monitoring the Future (MTF) |
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) |
Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) |
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| 1950–69 | 1970–89 | ≥1990 | Net D |
NET SD
∆/%∆ |
≤1929 | 1930–49 | 1950–69 | 1970–89 | ≥1990 | Net D |
NET SD
∆/%∆ |
≤1929 | 1930–49 | 1950–69 | Net D |
NET SD
∆/%∆ |
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| Men | |||||||||||||||||
| Between ages 18–24 | 1.10 (.62) | 1.15 (.65) | 1.16 (.70) | .10 | .08/13% | .54 (.46) | .71 (.58) | .87 (.69) | .65 | .23/50% | |||||||
| Between ages 24–30 | .76 (.63) | .85 (.67) | 1.00 (.89) | .37 | .26/41% | .37 (.42) | .49 (.56) | .60 (.70) | .51 | .28/67% | |||||||
| Between ages 30–45 | .49 (.57) | .58 (.69) | .14 | .12/21% | .22 (.30) | .23 (.35) | .26 (.46) | .10 | .16/53% | ||||||||
| Between ages 45–60 | .18 (.29) | .20 (.29) | .19 (.32) | .03 | .03/10% | .19 (.33) | .26 (.36) | .18 | .03/9% | ||||||||
| Between ages 60–75 | .13 (.20) | .18 (.26) | .36 (.34) | .94 | .14/70% | .16 (.25) | .17 (.24) | .16 (.41) | .02 | .16/64% | |||||||
| Between ages 75+ | .07 (.18) | .06 (.28) | −.05 | .10/56% | .07 (.18) | .10 (.21) | .19 | .03/17% | |||||||||
| Women | |||||||||||||||||
| Between ages 18–24 | 1.13 (.60) | 1.22 (.64) | 1.29 (.71) | .26 | .11/18% | .57 (.44) | .77 (.61) | .95 (.73) | .76 | .29/66% | |||||||
| Between ages 24–30 | .74 (.61) | .88 (.66) | 1.09 (.90) | .54 | .29/48% | .36 (.40) | .51 (.56) | .65 (.75) | .67 | .35/88% | |||||||
| Between ages 30–45 | .59 (.56) | .67 (.69) | .12 | .13/23% | .22 (.28) | .28 (.32) | .33 (.46 | .29 | .18/64% | ||||||||
| Between ages 45–60 | .15 (.24) | .20 (.28) | .20 (.32) | .16 | .08/33% | .17 (.33) | .21 (.35) | .11 | .02/6% | ||||||||
| Between ages 60–75 | .08 (.17) | .17 (.26) | .34 (.32) | 1.19 | .15/88% | .12 (.21) | .13 (.21) | .24 (.37) | .43 | .16/76% | |||||||
| Between ages 75+ | .05 (.12) | .19 (.21) | .99 | .09/75% | .06 (.14) | .09 (.20) | .20 | .06/43% | |||||||||
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| Bachelor’s degree | |||||||||||||||||
| Between ages 18–24 | 1.19 (.51) | 1.24 (.55) | 1.28 (.54) | .17 | .03/6% | .42 (.51) | .70 (.63) | .92 (.70) | .91 | .19/37% | |||||||
| Between ages 24–30 | .90 (.60) | .96 (.64) | 1.18 (.89) | .43 | .29/48% | .38 (.40) | .53 (.57) | .61 (.82) | .50 | .42/105% | |||||||
| Between ages 30–45 | .54 (.55) | .63 (.69) | .14 | .14/25% | .22 (.27) | .21 (.28) | .23 (.44) | .03 | .17/63% | ||||||||
| Between ages 45–60 | .12 (.26) | .19 (.27) | .18 (.29) | .18 | .03/12% | .12 (.33) | .24 (.33) | .32 | .00/0% | ||||||||
| Between ages 60–75 | .11 (.17) | .17 (.24) | .36 (.31) | .92 | .14/82% | .16 (.23) | .16 (.23) | .23 (.40) | .21 | .17/74% | |||||||
| Between ages 75+ | .10 (.15) | .26 (.22) | .87 | .07/47% | .07 (.17) | .10 (.19) | .16 | .02/12% | |||||||||
| No Bachelor’s degree | |||||||||||||||||
| Between ages 18–24 | 1.07 (.65) | 1.15 (.72) | 1.22 (.76) | .22 | .11/17% | .56 (.44) | .76 (.59) | .90 (.71) | .67 | .27/61% | |||||||
| Between ages 24–30 | .66 (.60) | .76 (.64) | .90 (.93) | .36 | .33/55% | .36 (.41) | .48 (.56) | .49 (.67) | .32 | .26/63% | |||||||
| Between ages 30–45 | .55 (.57) | .63 (.70) | .13 | .13/23% | .22 (.28) | .28 (.35) | .34 (.47) | .32 | .19/68% | ||||||||
| Between ages 45–60 | .17 (.24) | .20 (.29) | .21 (.33) | .15 | .09/38% | .20 (.33) | .23 (.36) | .09 | .03/9% | ||||||||
| Between ages 60–75 | .10 (.18) | .17 (.24) | .33 (.34) | 1.03 | .16/89% | .12 (.23) | .15 (.23) | .19 (.39) | .26 | .16/70% | |||||||
| Between ages 75+ | .05 (.15) | .10 (.22) | .30 | .07/47% | .06 (.15) | .11 (.21) | .24 | .06/40% | |||||||||
Notes. SDs are in parentheses. Net D, Net ∆ SD, and Net %∆ in SD compare youngest available cohort to oldest available cohort.