Table 1: Summary Statistics, CPS 1992-2002
|
______Veterans______ |
Non-Veterans | |||
|
Pre |
Post |
Pre |
Post | |
|
_______Husbands_______ | ||||
|
Observations |
10,272 |
9,596 |
8,292 |
12,964 |
|
Age |
59.808 |
59.251 |
58.911 |
59.022 |
|
White |
0.943 |
0.924 |
0.867 |
0.867 |
|
No HS |
0.159 |
0.073 |
0.341 |
0.244 |
|
HS |
0.363 |
0.359 |
0.304 |
0.295 |
|
Some College |
0.227 |
0.281 |
0.137 |
0.165 |
|
College Grad |
0.148 |
0.162 |
0.105 |
0.147 |
|
Grad School |
0.102 |
0.125 |
0.114 |
0.150 |
|
Pension Plan |
0.403 |
0.451 |
0.371 |
0.397 |
|
Empl. HI Plan |
0.651 |
0.657 |
0.573 |
0.579 |
|
Northeast |
0.233 |
0.212 |
0.251 |
0.220 |
|
Midwest |
0.252 |
0.236 |
0.237 |
0.225 |
|
South |
0.308 |
0.315 |
0.308 |
0.322 |
|
West |
0.207 |
0.237 |
0.204 |
0.234 |
|
Not Working |
0.350 |
0.309 |
0.322 |
0.295 |
|
Self-Employed |
0.163 |
0.148 |
0.184 |
0.170 |
|
Hours Worked |
41.860 |
42.110 |
42.566 |
42.903 |
|
Occupations: | ||||
|
Prof/Management |
0.238 |
0.263 |
0.221 |
0.265 |
|
Tech/Sales/Cleric |
0.158 |
0.159 |
0.127 |
0.125 |
|
Service |
0.053 |
0.057 |
0.064 |
0.063 |
|
Farming |
0.037 |
0.026 |
0.056 |
0.045 |
|
Craftsman |
0.130 |
0.141 |
0.135 |
0.131 |
|
Operator |
0.125 |
0.121 |
0.154 |
0.142 |
|
Industries: | ||||
|
Agric/Mining |
0.040 |
0.029 |
0.056 |
0.048 |
|
Construction |
0.062 |
0.065 |
0.072 |
0.075 |
|
Manufacturing |
0.152 |
0.134 |
0.174 |
0.147 |
|
Transport/Commun |
0.075 |
0.090 |
0.063 |
0.063 |
|
Trade |
0.112 |
0.107 |
0.125 |
0.114 |
|
Finance/Real estate |
0.044 |
0.046 |
0.036 |
0.043 |
|
Business/Repair |
0.037 |
0.047 |
0.039 |
0.045 |
|
Personal |
0.024 |
0.021 |
0.025 |
0.028 |
|
Public |
0.047 |
0.055 |
0.027 |
0.029 |
|
Professional |
0.113 |
0.123 |
0.116 |
0.141 |
|
________Wives | ||||
|
Observations |
10,187 |
9,493 |
8,164 |
12,674 |
|
Age |
56.078 |
55.417 |
55.085 |
55.265 |
|
White |
0.938 |
0.918 |
0.868 |
0.869 |
|
No HS |
0.144 |
0.091 |
0.263 |
0.186 |
|
HS |
0.468 |
0.416 |
0.412 |
0.369 |
|
Some College |
0.230 |
0.274 |
0.175 |
0.215 |
|
College Grad |
0.101 |
0.137 |
0.090 |
0.135 |
|
Grad School |
0.053 |
0.078 |
0.054 |
0.086 |
|
Not Working |
0.473 |
0.385 |
0.467 |
0.406 |
|
Self-Employed |
0.083 |
0.082 |
0.090 |
0.088 |
|
Hours Worked |
17.375 |
20.922 |
17.543 |
19.867 |
Note: Universe is limited to married couples with husbands between the
ages of 55 and 64 whose wives are not veterans. Two observations with
wives underthe age of 18 have been deleted from the universe. The pre
Periodincludesyear s 1992-1995 and the Postperiodincludesyears
1998-2002.