Table 1 Sample means

From: Personality and marital surplus

	Women			Men
	Full Sample	Older Cohorts: 1945-1959	Younger Cohorts: 1960-1970	Full Sample	Older Cohorts: 1945-1959	Younger Cohorts: 1960-1970
Ever Married by Age 25	0.66	0.76	0.56	0.46	0.56	0.35
Ever Married by Age 35	0.90	0.93	0.86	0.82	0.87	0.77
Age at First Marriage	23.7	22.9	24.6	26.5	26.0	27.0
Ever Divorced (1 ^st marriage)	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.21	0.26	0.18
Age in 2005	46.0	51.8	40.1	46.0	52.0	40.1
Years of Education	12.1	11.8	12.3	12.4	12.3	12.5
Labor income 2005*	1746	1812	1683	3235	3272	3200
Labor force participation 2005	0.64	0.61	0.66
Some religion reported	0.68	0.67	0.69	0.62	0.62	0.63
German ethnicity	0.92	0.92	0.93	0.92	0.93	0.91
East Germany sample	0.17	0.18	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.15
Observations	3642	1830	1812	3469	1735	1734

* Labor force participants only.

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