The unhappily unemployed return to work faster

Table 3 Summary statistics

Variable	Mean	Std. Dev.	N
Households in the survey	.	.	9897
Households in restricted sample	.	.	7562
Observations in the survey	.	.	199322
Observations in the restricted sample	.	.	151567
Male	0.46	0.49	151567
Age	40.9	12.58	151567
Household Size	3.01	1.33	151567
GHQ	10.06	3.01	147786
Married	0.59	0.49	151376
Separated	0.03	0.16	151376
Divorced	0.09	0.29	151376
Widowed	0.02	0.15	151376
Never Married	0.26	0.44	151376
Health Excellent	0.25	0.43	151505
Health Good	0.48	0.5	151505
Health Poor	0.27	0.44	151505
Educational Achievement: Other	0.28	0.45	149779
Educational Achievement: High	0.39	0.49	149779
Educational Achievement: Medium	0.33	0.47	149779
Employment Status, in % of the sample
Self employed	8.56	.	12968
In paid employ	62.50	.	94700
Unemployed	4.41	.	6688
OLF	24.5	.	37171
Job Search (if unemployed)	0.5	0.5	6243

Source: BHPS, waves 1–16.
Civic status dummies are Married, Separated, Widowed, Divorced and Never Married. Health dummies are Excellent, Good and Poor. The bottom part of the table shows the number of self-employed, employed and unemployed individuals.