Table 1 Summary statistics for women
From: Marriage markets as explanation for why heavier people work more hours
Single | Married | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White | Black | Hispanic | White | Black | Hispanic | |
Panel A: baseline variables and samples | ||||||
Annual hours worked | 1623.95 (756.73) | 1667.31 (796.62) | 1597.39 (723.32) | 1760.78 (679.53) | 1926.17 (691.56) | 1794.69 (655.46) |
Hourly wage | 10.61 (5.44) | 9.79 (4.79) | 10.44 (5.15) | 14.33 (6.90) | 13.23 (5.96) | 13.09 (6.56) |
BMI | 23.85 (5.33) | 27.54 (6.82) | 25.41 (5.72) | 25.08 (5.41) | 28.58 (6.28) | 27.45 (5.36) |
Underweight | 0.06 (0.24) | 0.03 (0.17) | 0.04 (0.19) | 0.03 (0.18) | 0.01 (0.12) | 0.01 (0.10) |
Healthy weight | 0.66 (0.47) | 0.41 (0.49) | 0.54 (0.50) | 0.57 (0.50) | 0.29 (0.46) | 0.36 (0.48) |
Overweight | 0.16 (0.36) | 0.26 (0.44) | 0.25 (0.43) | 0.24 (0.42) | 0.35 (0.48) | 0.36 (0.48) |
Obese | 0.13 (0.33) | 0.30 (0.46) | 0.17 (0.38) | 0.16 (0.37) | 0.34 (0.47) | 0.28 (0.45) |
Sibling BMI | 24.37 (4.81) | 27.10 (6.21) | 26.38 (5.63) | 26.05 (5.29) | 26.60 (5.00) | 27.53 (4.96) |
% enrolled | 0.35 (0.48) | 0.20 (0.40) | 0.30 (0.46) | 0.05 (0.22) | 0.06 (0.24) | 0.07 (0.25) |
Work experience (in years)a | 6.91 (4.34) | 8.57 (5.52) | 7.14 (4.91) | 13.76 (5.51) | 13.52 (5.39) | 13.37 (5.51) |
Age (in years) | 24.16 (6.12) | 28.56 (8.80) | 24.95 (7.22) | 34.80 (8.59) | 36.11 (8.25) | 35.02 (8.54) |
Education (in years) | 13.73 (2.20) | 13.06 (2.01) | 12.92 (2.10) | 14.15 (2.39) | 13.93 (2.13) | 13.25 (2.42) |
% with children | 0.07 (0.26) | 0.47 (0.50) | 0.19 (0.39) | 0.74 (0.44) | 0.81 (0.39) | 0.80 (0.40) |
% with children below six | 0.05 (0.22) | 0.24 (0.43) | 0.12 (0.32) | 0.29 (0.45) | 0.28 (0.45) | 0.31 (0.46) |
Spouse’s age (in years) | 36.80 (9.09) | 37.80 (8.69) | 36.93 (9.13) | |||
Spouse’s education (in years) | 13.80 (2.51) | 13.48 (3.95) | 12.58 (2.91) | |||
Spouses’ income (in $10,000) | 5.70 (9.81) | 4.00 (5.00) | 5.27 (11.06) | |||
# of observations | 6469 | 4671 | 2020 | 5239 | 1210 | 1061 |
Panel B: variables that are not consistent across surveys and/or not available in all rounds | ||||||
Employer offers health insurance | 0.59 (0.49) | 0.65 (0.47) | 0.58 (0.49) | 0.80 (0.40) | 0.84 (0.36) | 0.79 (0.40) |
# of observations | 5453 | 4210 | 1793 | 4764 | 1173 | 986 |
Traditional_NLSY79 | 0.09 (0.29) | 0.06 (0.23) | 0.06 (0.24) | 0.08 (0.27) | 0.10 (0.29) | 0.10 (0.30) |
Health_Limitation_NLSY79 | 0.04 (0.27) | 0.04 (0.30) | 0.01 (0.33) | 0.03 (0.31) | 0.05 (0.25) | 0.01 (0.27) |
# of observations | 3822 | 3248 | 1004 | 4986 | 1166 | 972 |
Traditional_NLSY97 | 0.23 (0.42) | 0.64 (0.48) | 0.40 (0.49) | 0.26 (0.44) | 0.68 (0.47) | 0.46 (0.50) |
Bad_Health_NLSY97 | 0.05 (0.21) | 0.14 (0.35) | 0.09 (0.28) | 0.04 (0.20) | 0.23 (0.42) | 0.06 (0.23) |
# of observations | 2647 | 1423 | 1016 | 253 | 44 | 89 |
% chance of marriage (NLSY97) | 54.9 (30.2) | 50.3 (36.1) | 52.9 (31.8) | |||
# of observations | 1241 | 604 | 381 | |||