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Table 1 Sample characteristics, 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS)

From: The use of cognitive ability measures as explanatory variables in regression analysis

 

Black men

Black women

White men

White women

N

1665

2807

7449

9404

Average Age

39.4

39.4

40.5

42.4

Marital Status

    

 Proportion never Married

0.39

0.38

0.28

0.19

Education

    

 Proportion Still in HS

0.06

0.04

0.04

0.03

 Proportion < HS

0.29

0.29

0.13

0.14

 Proportion HS

0.29

0.29

0.27

0.30

 Proportion < College

0.25

0.29

0.30

0.33

 Proportion College +

0.11

0.09

0.26

0.21

Literacy Skills

    

 Mean Plausible Value

-0.66

-0.50

0.48

0.50

 St. Dev. Plausible Value

1.14

1.18

1.03

0.96

Earnings of Full-Time Workers

    

 Average Weekly Wage

452.3

397.5

674.6

440.9

  1. Notes: Authors’ calculations, National Adult Literacy Survey.