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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Linking information on unemployment benefit sanctions from different datasets about welfare receipt: proceedings and research potential

 

(1)

Sample

(2)

Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies

Female

0.35

(0.48)

0.49

(0.50)

Age

 Age (Mean)

35.51

(10.68)

40.24

(12.51)

 20–24

0.17

(0.37)

0.11

(0.31)

 25–29

0.19

(0.39)

0.15

(0.35)

 30–39

0.32

(0.47)

0.26

(0.44)

 40–49

0.19

(0.40)

0.21

(0.40)

 50–65

0.13

(0.34)

0.28

(0.45)

Occupational degree

 No degree

0.47

(0.50)

0.39

(0.49)

 Vocational degree

0.38

(0.49)

0.40

(0.49)

 High school degree

0.05

(0.22)

0.06

(0.24)

 Vocational degree and high school

0.06

(0.23)

0.07

(0.26)

 University degree

0.03

(0.18)

0.07

(0.26)

Type of benefit unit

 One-person

0.56

(0.50)

0.46

(0.50)

 Single parent

0.12

(0.32)

0.13

(0.34)

 Couple without children

0.07

(0.25)

0.12

(0.32)

 Couple with child(ren)

0.20

(0.40)

0.24

(0.43)

 Other

0.06

(0.23)

0.06

(0.23)

 Individuals

55,224

  

277,928

  1. This table shows the shares and standard deviations (in parentheses) for individuals in the sample (Column 1) and individuals included in the SIG (Column 2). Time-varying characteristics in Column (1) are measured on the first day of each month, and those in Column (2) are measured at the start of the spell. Each person is included once with his or her last observation in the respective dataset. The SIG sample is limited to spells ending no sooner than 2016 and individuals having a valid LHG spell between the ages of 20 and 65 who are capable of working. Observations of individuals with missing information for age, education or type of benefit unit are excluded. Occupational degree is imputed across spells. Restrictions of dataset 4 apply for Column 1 (see Appendix 2)
  2. Source: IEB V14.00.00–190,927, LHG V10.00.00–201,904, SIG 0717 v1. Own calculations
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