Table 9 Summary statistics for men
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 | 1754.92 (807.86) | 1705.95 (799.86) | 1768.36 (761.72) | 2304.59 (618.52) | 2322.70 (647.16) | 2238.50 (619.67) |
Hourly wage | 11.67 (5.87) | 9.97 (4.84) | 11.12 (5.39) | 18.30 (6.98) | 16.22 (6.41) | 17.58 (6.90) |
BMI | 25.10 (4.45) | 25.68 (4.70) | 26.32 (5.15) | 27.19 (4.33) | 28.04 (4.35) | 28.43 (5.08) |
Underweight | 0.01 (0.12) | 0.01 (0.11) | 0.01 (0.11) | 0.00 (0.05) | 0.00 (0.03) | 0.00 (0.04) |
Healthy weight | 0.56 (0.50) | 0.51 (0.50) | 0.45 (0.50) | 0.33 (0.47) | 0.26 (0.44) | 0.22 (0.41) |
Overweight | 0.29 (0.46) | 0.33 (0.47) | 0.36 (0.48) | 0.44 (0.50) | 0.44 (0.50) | 0.49 (0.50) |
Obese | 0.13 (0.33) | 0.15 (0.35) | 0.18 (0.39) | 0.23 (0.42) | 0.30 (0.46) | 0.29 (0.46) |
Sibling BMI | 24.47 (4.73) | 26.47 (5.76) | 25.84 (5.27) | 25.78 (4.96) | 27.93 (5.59) | 27.85 (5.58) |
% enrolled | 0.27 (0.44) | 0.14 (0.34) | 0.21 (0.40) | 0.05 (0.22) | 0.03 (0.18) | 0.05 (0.21) |
Work experience (in years) | 7.54 (4.65) | 8.11 (5.15) | 7.24 (4.60) | 14.61 (5.60) | 14.78 (5.17) | 14.56 (5.32) |
Age (in years) | 24.87 (6.56) | 27.16 (7.91) | 24.98 (6.66) | 35.53 (8.43) | 37.22 (7.98) | 35.85 (8.29) |
Education (in years) | 13.24 (2.33) | 12.24 (1.97) | 12.50 (2.18) | 13.99 (2.69) | 13.73 (2.27) | 12.84 (2.63) |
% with children | 0.01 (0.09) | 0.03 (0.17) | 0.03 (0.16) | 0.76 (0.43) | 0.81 (0.39) | 0.81 (0.40) |
% with children below six | 0.01 (0.07) | 0.01 (0.11) | 0.01 (0.11) | 0.31 (0.46) | 0.29 (0.46) | 0.31 (0.46) |
Spouse’s age (in years) | 34.53 (8.75) | 35.76 (8.10) | 34.69 (8.76) | |||
Spouse’s education (in years) | 13.83 (2.66) | 13.98 (3.15) | 12.87 (2.93) | |||
Spouses’ income (in $10,000) | 3.68 (8.19) | 3.32 (5.72) | 3.39 (6.45) | |||
# of observations | 8648 | 4777 | 2997 | 4561 | 1196 | 1122 |
Panel B: bariables that are not consistent across surveys and/or not available in all rounds | ||||||
Employer offers health insurance | 0.58 (0.49) | 0.57 (0.49) | 0.60 (0.49) | 0.89 (0.32) | 0.92 (0.26) | 0.85 (0.35) |
# of observations | 7371 | 4152 | 2625 | 4286 | 1177 | 1086 |
Traditional_NLSY79 | 0.15 (0.35) | 0.16 (0.37) | 0.24 (0.43) | 0.10 (0.30) | 0.05 (0.22) | 0.12 (0.33) |
Health_Limitation_NLSY79 | 0.02 (0.33) | 0.03 (0.34) | 0.03 (0.35) | 0.03 (0.24) | 0.02 (0.18) | 0.03 (0.22) |
# of observations | 5405 | 3473 | 1697 | 4398 | 1165 | 1040 |
Traditional_NLSY97 | 0.26 (0.44) | 0.68 (0.47) | 0.43 (0.50) | 0.29 (0.46) | 0.52 (0.51) | 0.61 (0.49) |
Bad_Health_NLSY97 | 0.04 (0.19) | 0.07 (0.25) | 0.08 (0.27) | 0.04 (0.19) | 0.06 (0.25) | 0.06 (0.24) |
# of observations | 3243 | 1304 | 1300 | 163 | 31 | 82 |
% chance of marriage (NLSY97) | 46.7 (29.8) | 45.8 (34.0) | 46.1 (32.6) | |||
# of observations | 1352 | 568 | 490 | |||