Table 1. Summary statistics for the sample. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: July 15, 1999 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | White men | White women |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------- Means | Married | Was married | Never married | Cohabiting | Married | Was married | Never married | Cohabiting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hourly wage 20.45 17.02 14.16 15.80 13.90 12.99 14.16 12.88 Logged hourly wage 2.759 2.558 2.421 2.515 2.381 2.338 2.410 2.349 Age 40.1 40.7 33.5 35.2 39.5 41.4 33.8 35.6 Education 14.1 13.4 14.1 13.5 14.0 13.6 14.7 13.6 Logged hours 3.799 3.743 3.692 3.757 3.495 3.646 3.660 3.629 Weeks worked 49.9 47.8 47.0 47.9 45.8 47.2 48.1 46.5 Potential Experience 19.9 21.3 13.4 15.7 19.5 21.7 13.1 16.0 Pot. Exp ^2 462 507 237 307 449 532 237 327 Children LT 5 only 0.129 0.014 0.010 0.100 0.108 0.031 0.027 0.061 Children LT 5 and 5-17 0.132 0.018 0.007 0.072 0.100 0.043 0.016 0.071 Children 5-17 only 0.388 0.157 0.034 0.216 0.388 0.366 0.070 0.291 Disability 0.025 0.046 0.049 0.031 0.029 0.055 0.038 0.045 Metro area 0.771 0.772 0.848 0.779 0.767 0.792 0.862 0.806 West region 0.187 0.211 0.225 0.255 0.182 0.214 0.188 0.272 Northeast region 0.204 0.159 0.250 0.204 0.203 0.177 0.278 0.220 North Central region 0.275 0.266 0.255 0.263 0.283 0.261 0.270 0.266 South region 0.334 0.365 0.270 0.278 0.332 0.348 0.263 0.243 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N= 41,338 5,763 8,748 1,308 35,483 8,272 6,028 822 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted Percent 70.1 10.8 16.9 2.3 69.3 16.9 12.1 1.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 1. Summary statistics for the sample(continued). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Black men | Black women |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------- Means | Married | Was married | Never married | Cohabiting | Married | Was married | Never married | Cohabiting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hourly wage 15.23 12.63 12.31 12.18 13.87 11.41 10.43 10.89 Logged hourly wage 2.510 2.325 2.211 2.323 2.311 2.218 2.136 2.248 Age 39.7 39.8 33.5 36.3 38.8 40.9 34.1 36.5 Education 13.2 12.8 13.0 12.6 13.6 13.1 13.4 12.7 Logged hours 3.736 3.684 3.650 3.719 3.613 3.622 3.620 3.671 Weeks worked 48.7 46.0 45.5 47.9 46.5 46.3 45.3 47.9 Potential Experience 20.4 21.0 14.5 17.7 19.2 21.8 14.7 17.8 Pot. Exp ^2 485 498 268 376 433 536 272 388 Children LT 5 only 0.103 0.020 0.030 0.145 0.083 0.026 0.054 0.084 Children LT 5 and 5-17 0.150 0.015 0.017 0.114 0.132 0.078 0.076 0.153 Children 5-17 only 0.408 0.160 0.088 0.307 0.422 0.409 0.281 0.387 Disability 0.023 0.062 0.049 0.041 0.031 0.051 0.040 0.041 Metro area 0.860 0.873 0.888 0.835 0.859 0.854 0.903 0.890 West region 0.099 0.120 0.098 0.067 0.088 0.076 0.074 0.144 Northeast region 0.155 0.134 0.201 0.103 0.160 0.131 0.207 0.142 North Central region 0.151 0.184 0.196 0.153 0.154 0.175 0.204 0.186 South region 0.595 0.561 0.505 0.677 0.598 0.617 0.516 0.529 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N= 3,069 803 1,379 173 2,766 1,820 1,990 130 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted Percent 51.0 16.2 29.7 3.1 41.5 27.1 29.3 2.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 1. Summary statistics for the sample (continued). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Hispanic men | Hispanic women |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------- Means | Married | Was married | Never married | Cohabiting | Married | Was married | Never married | Cohabiting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hourly wage 12.68 12.60 10.10 10.91 11.41 9.59 9.71 8.99 Logged hourly wage 2.318 2.330 2.111 2.208 2.126 2.080 2.090 2.031 Age 37.5 39.4 31.8 33.2 37.2 39.9 33.6 35.3 Education 10.9 11.8 11.4 11.2 11.8 11.7 12.4 11.5 Logged hours 3.726 3.691 3.647 3.753 3.540 3.610 3.614 3.532 Weeks worked 48.0 46.0 46.0 47.0 44.2 45.5 46.5 45.0 Potential Experience 20.6 21.6 14.4 16.0 19.4 22.2 15.2 17.8 Pot. Exp ^2 502 537 264 312 456 562 303 406 Children LT 5 only 0.141 0.040 0.066 0.225 0.118 0.058 0.070 0.155 Children LT 5 and 5-17 0.226 0.046 0.052 0.185 0.166 0.087 0.071 0.078 Children 5-17 only 0.366 0.178 0.101 0.207 0.418 0.431 0.233 0.387 Disability 0.020 0.035 0.019 0.016 0.022 0.039 0.027 0.024 Metro area 0.899 0.899 0.927 0.904 0.902 0.924 0.950 0.887 West region 0.459 0.409 0.507 0.490 0.444 0.374 0.474 0.426 Northeast region 0.113 0.138 0.167 0.148 0.129 0.178 0.195 0.136 North Central region 0.072 0.092 0.075 0.075 0.075 0.070 0.048 0.082 South region 0.356 0.361 0.252 0.288 0.352 0.378 0.283 0.357 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N= 7,519 857 1,880 230 5,094 1,570 1,348 109 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted Percent 65.0 9.2 23.8 2.0 62.7 19.2 16.8 1.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Calculated from March 1995-1997 Current Population Survey public use files. Includes workers ages 25-54 who earned $2 or more per hour in the previous year; race-ethnicities and marital statuses are mutually exclusive.