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Table 1

Sample characteristics, person-years ages 25 and older, by gender and marital status

	Women					Men
	Married	Unmarried	Divorced or Separated	Widowed	Never-Married	Married	Unmarried	Divorced or Separated	Widowed	Never-Married
Age and Period
Age (mean)	46.8	52.2	46.1	71.9	38.1	48.8	43.2	46.0	72.3	35.9
Year (mean)	1992.4	1992.6	1992.7	1992.3	1992.7	1992.4	1992.7	1992.8	1992.6	1992.7
Race/Ethnicity (proportions)
White (non-Hispanic)	0.829	0.722	0.704	0.815	0.643	0.828	0.733	0.753	0.787	0.710
Black	0.064	0.174	0.177	0.116	0.234	0.065	0.152	0.147	0.144	0.157
Hispanic	0.070	0.079	0.096	0.047	0.092	0.074	0.085	0.079	0.053	0.095
Other	0.037	0.025	0.023	0.021	0.032	0.033	0.030	0.020	0.016	0.039
Nativity
Proportion foreign-born	0.090	0.072	0.070	0.078	0.068	0.089	0.069	0.059	0.068	0.076
Education (proportions)
< High school	0.236	0.356	0.298	0.509	0.261	0.266	0.315	0.317	0.528	0.275
High school graduate	0.340	0.278	0.306	0.282	0.240	0.280	0.278	0.313	0.240	0.261
Some college	0.230	0.209	0.261	0.140	0.221	0.212	0.211	0.216	0.122	0.224
College degree	0.194	0.157	0.135	0.069	0.279	0.241	0.196	0.154	0.110	0.240
Work and Disability (ages 25–64)
Proportion worked last year	0.717	0.788	0.806	0.608	0.818	0.909	0.827	0.826	0.719	0.832
Proportion disabled last year	0.019	0.076	0.069	0.127	0.069	0.031	0.075	0.071	0.127	0.076
Proportion disabled <1 year	0.003	0.008	0.009	0.013	0.005	0.004	0.007	0.009	0.014	0.005
Ratio of Earnings/Population Average
Average of last 5 years, ages 25–40	0.55	0.58	0.55	0.40	0.60	1.20	0.74	0.91	0.81	0.68
Average of last 10 years, ages 41–61	0.55	0.68	0.71	0.46	0.81	1.61	1.03	1.11	1.11	0.85
Average of last 16 years, ages 62+	0.31	0.36	0.51	0.30	0.61	1.14	0.81	0.85	0.86	0.62
Sample N (person-years)	188,069	124,156	46,915	41,433	35,808	192,863	77,123	29,194	8,228	39,701
Sample Number of Deaths	1,190	2,422	369	1,838	215	2,614	1,446	458	649	339

	Women					Men
	Married	Unmarried	Divorced or Separated	Widowed	Never-Married	Married	Unmarried	Divorced or Separated	Widowed	Never-Married
Age and Period
Age (mean)	46.8	52.2	46.1	71.9	38.1	48.8	43.2	46.0	72.3	35.9
Year (mean)	1992.4	1992.6	1992.7	1992.3	1992.7	1992.4	1992.7	1992.8	1992.6	1992.7
Race/Ethnicity (proportions)
White (non-Hispanic)	0.829	0.722	0.704	0.815	0.643	0.828	0.733	0.753	0.787	0.710
Black	0.064	0.174	0.177	0.116	0.234	0.065	0.152	0.147	0.144	0.157
Hispanic	0.070	0.079	0.096	0.047	0.092	0.074	0.085	0.079	0.053	0.095
Other	0.037	0.025	0.023	0.021	0.032	0.033	0.030	0.020	0.016	0.039
Nativity
Proportion foreign-born	0.090	0.072	0.070	0.078	0.068	0.089	0.069	0.059	0.068	0.076
Education (proportions)
< High school	0.236	0.356	0.298	0.509	0.261	0.266	0.315	0.317	0.528	0.275
High school graduate	0.340	0.278	0.306	0.282	0.240	0.280	0.278	0.313	0.240	0.261
Some college	0.230	0.209	0.261	0.140	0.221	0.212	0.211	0.216	0.122	0.224
College degree	0.194	0.157	0.135	0.069	0.279	0.241	0.196	0.154	0.110	0.240
Work and Disability (ages 25–64)
Proportion worked last year	0.717	0.788	0.806	0.608	0.818	0.909	0.827	0.826	0.719	0.832
Proportion disabled last year	0.019	0.076	0.069	0.127	0.069	0.031	0.075	0.071	0.127	0.076
Proportion disabled <1 year	0.003	0.008	0.009	0.013	0.005	0.004	0.007	0.009	0.014	0.005
Ratio of Earnings/Population Average
Average of last 5 years, ages 25–40	0.55	0.58	0.55	0.40	0.60	1.20	0.74	0.91	0.81	0.68
Average of last 10 years, ages 41–61	0.55	0.68	0.71	0.46	0.81	1.61	1.03	1.11	1.11	0.85
Average of last 16 years, ages 62+	0.31	0.36	0.51	0.30	0.61	1.14	0.81	0.85	0.86	0.62
Sample N (person-years)	188,069	124,156	46,915	41,433	35,808	192,863	77,123	29,194	8,228	39,701
Sample Number of Deaths	1,190	2,422	369	1,838	215	2,614	1,446	458	649	339

Note: All statistics are weighted except sample numbers of deaths and person-years.

Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1996 panels, matched to the Social Security Administration Detailed Earnings Record, Summary Earnings Record, Master Beneficiary Record, Supplemental Security Record, and Death Master File.

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