Table 2 Descriptive statistics of SSDI applicants, at the month of application

From: How do people with disabilities cope while waiting for disability insurance benefits?

	Month of application
	Mean	Standard deviation
Age	45	0.29
Male	53.8	1.20
Race
White	78	0.92
Black	19.5	0.88
Other	2.5	0.33
Education
High-school drop-out	31.6	1.02
High-school graduate	37.3	1.06
Some college	31	1.06
Marital status
Married	50.4	1.11
Divorced	25.4	0.96
Single	19.2	0.96
Family/household structure
Family size	2.7	0.04
Household size	2.9	0.04
Number of kids in family	0.7	0.02
Employment
Employed this month	25.1	0.94
Income
Income (person)	1,063	42.61
Income (household)	3,086	69.47
Earnings (monthly, person)	415	27.60
Earnings (household)	2,071	59.09
SSDI
Application right-censored	14.6	0.78
Application duration	6.6	0.33
Joint SSDI/SSI application	47.8	1.11
N	4,594

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