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Table 1 Summary statistics of key variables

From: Dissimilar occupations and marital stability

 

Pooled

One earners

Two earners

Variable

Mean

S.D.

Mean

S.D.

Mean

S.D.

Distance bw Spouses' Occupations 'Abilities' File

-

-

-

-

0.123

0.050

Distance bw Spouses' Occupations 'Activities' File

-

-

-

-

0.196

0.071

Distance bw Spouses' Occupations 'Skills' File

-

-

-

-

0.159

0.067

Distance bw Spouses' Occupations 'Knowledge' File

-

-

-

-

0.270

0.093

|Age(Male)-Age(Female)|

3.488

3.541

3.648

3.781

3.447

3.477

Years Married (Imputed)

15.111

12.019

20.116

14.576

13.840

10.922

Age of Man When Married

29.270

8.917

29.153

10.006

29.300

8.621

Age of Woman When Married

27.082

8.241

26.913

9.073

27.125

8.018

Female is Older Than Male (=1)

0.202

0.401

0.215

0.411

0.199

0.399

Spouses are same religion (=1)

0.766

0.423

0.799

0.401

0.758

0.429

Husband is white

0.715

0.451

0.725

0.447

0.713

0.453

Husband is black

0.195

0.396

0.174

0.380

0.200

0.400

Wife is white

0.726

0.446

0.733

0.443

0.724

0.447

Wife is black

0.190

0.392

0.176

0.381

0.194

0.395

Spouses are same race (=1)

0.940

0.238

0.950

0.219

0.937

0.243

Head's Parents Intact (=1)

0.784

0.412

0.793

0.406

0.782

0.413

Years Education Head

13.396

2.625

13.168

2.901

13.454

2.548

Years Education Spouse

13.452

2.452

13.133

2.555

13.533

2.420

|Education(Head)-Education(Spouse)|

1.513

1.632

1.563

1.605

1.500

1.639

Product of HHs and Wife's Yrs Educ

184.180

57.460

177.896

62.081

185.777

56.130

Male Spouse's earnings in 1000s

50.261

102.447

54.941

169.437

49.072

76.637

Female Spouse's earnings in 1000s

23.650

24.963

7.357

24.370

27.790

23.372

Female Spouse earns more==1

0.270

0.444

0.228

0.420

0.281

0.449

City Pop. > = 500 k

0.140

0.347

0.132

0.338

0.142

0.349

100 k < City Pop. < 500 k

0.253

0.435

0.236

0.425

0.257

0.437

50 k < City Pop. < 100 k

0.114

0.317

0.110

0.314

0.114

0.318

25 k < City Pop. < 50 k

0.130

0.337

0.130

0.336

0.131

0.337

10 k < City Pop. < 25 k

0.171

0.377

0.199

0.400

0.164

0.370

1 Kid

0.219

0.414

0.166

0.373

0.233

0.423

2 Kids

0.239

0.426

0.230

0.421

0.241

0.428

3 Kids

0.082

0.274

0.077

0.267

0.083

0.276

4 Kids

0.024

0.152

0.044

0.206

0.018

0.134

5 or More Kids

0.007

0.086

0.012

0.107

0.006

0.080

Owns Home

0.821

0.384

0.818

0.386

0.821

0.383

Have Consumer or Student Debt (=1)

0.572

0.495

0.470

0.500

0.598

0.491

Contributed to IRA or Pvt. Annuity (=1)

0.207

0.405

0.190

0.392

0.212

0.409

Exactly one spouse smokes (=1)

0.182

0.386

0.195

0.397

0.179

0.383

Moved last year(=1)

0.267

0.442

0.215

0.411

0.280

0.449

Variance of Husband's Occupation Earnings

-

-

-

-

0.749

2.240

Variance of Wife's Occupation Earnings

-

-

-

-

0.592

1.521

Earnings Covariance (Pair of Occupations)

-

-

-

-

0.054

0.777

Head Married > Once (=1)

0.254

0.435

0.275

0.447

0.248

0.432

Spouses Employed Same Industry (=1)

-

-

-

-

0.114

0.317

Sample size

2606

535

2071

  1. The sample summarized in this table is the 2003 cross-section of the PSID.