Table 2 Summary statistics: NLSY79
From: Does leaving school in an economic downturn impact access to employer-sponsored health insurance?
Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|
Sample proportion/mean | Sample proportion/mean | |
Employer-sponsored health insurance | 0.75 | 0.72 |
School-leaving variables | ||
School-leaving state unemployment rate | 7.47 | 7.43 |
School-leaving year | 1980.5 | 1980.3 |
Years since school-leaving | 14.0 | 14.4 |
Years of education at school-leaving | 12.9 | 13.1 |
Age at school-leaving | 19.1 | 18.9 |
Proportion of workers in white collar job | 0.50 | 0.50 |
Number of private health insurance mandates | 8.21 | 8.06 |
Average Medicaid expenditure for a family of four | $229.4 | $222.3 |
Total expenditures on health and hospitals (millions) | $2.24 | $2.18 |
Personal characteristics | ||
White | 0.84 | 0.82 |
African American | 0.12 | 0.13 |
Hispanic | 0.042 | 0.043 |
AFQT score | 51.3 | 50.8 |
Age-adjusted AFQT score | 0.40 | 0.38 |
Catholic religion at age 14 | 0.32 | 0.31 |
Live with both biological parents at age 14 | 0.78 | 0.77 |
Mother’s years of education | 11.9 | 11.8 |
Father’s years of education | 12.2 | 12.0 |
Library card in home at age 14 | 0.75 | 0.79 |
Magazines in home at age 14 | 0.70 | 0.70 |
Newspapers in home at age 14 | 0.87 | 0.85 |
Live in rural area at age 14 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
Speak non-English language in home at age 14 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
N | 57,827 | 56,862 |