Table 2 Summary statistics by employment status

Male

0.572

–

0.738

–

0.730

–

Age

38.981

11.863

44.911

10.395

43.107

11.502

White

0.794

–

0.797

–

0.796

–

Lives with spouse

0.695

–

0.816

–

0.763

–

Kids under 19 years (#)

0.760

1.020

0.881

1.140

0.828

1.100

Kids under 5 years (#)

0.176

0.462

0.185

0.484

0.203

0.497

Kids 5–9 years (#)

0.199

0.492

0.245

0.551

0.230

0.532

Highest qualification

Degree or equivalent

0.141

–

0.190

–

0.157

–

Higher education

0.081

–

0.080

–

0.082

–

GCE A level or equiv.

0.269

–

0.329

–

0.324

–

GCSE A-C level or equiv.

0.244

–

0.158

–

0.154

–

Other qualification

0.145

–

0.113

–

0.144

–

No qualification

0.120

–

0.130

–

0.138

–

Residential tenure

< 1 year

0.100

–

0.069

–

0.089

–

1–2 years

0.104

–

0.082

–

0.101

–

2–3 years

0.080

–

0.070

–

0.074

–

3–5 years

0.123

–

0.119

–

0.120

–

5–10 years

0.186

–

0.196

–

0.181

–

>= 10 years

0.406

–

0.463

–

0.435

–

Job characteristics:

Regular working hours^a

34.019

11.522

41.337

18.063

36.180

17.933

Job tenure

< 3 months

0.042

–

0.018

–

0.061

–

3–6 months

0.038

–

0.018

–

0.042

–

6–12 months

0.072

–

0.037

–

0.069

–

1–2 years

0.145

–

0.079

–

0.131

–

2–5 years

0.248

–

0.170

–

0.207

–

5–10 years

0.166

–

0.172

–

0.156

–

10–20 years

0.191

–

0.286

–

0.195

–

>= 20 years

0.098

–

0.220

–

0.138

–

Occupation

Managers and senior officials

0.177

–

0.202

–

0.069

–

Professionals

0.079

–

0.128

–

0.136

–

Associate professionals and technicians

0.105

–

0.139

–

0.126

–

Clerical occupation

0.131

–

0.029

–

0.044

–

Skilled trade

0.119

–

0.302

–

0.336

–

Personal service

0.053

–

0.055

–

0.073

–

Sales and customer services

0.104

–

0.025

–

0.011

–

Operatives

0.116

–

0.073

–

0.107

–

Elementary

0.107

–

0.043

–

0.097

–

Same occupation as t − 1

0.642

–

0.679

–

0.642

–

Sector

–

–

–

Agriculture

0.010

–

0.058

–

0.056

–

Energy

0.017

–

0.002

–

0.010

–

Manufacturing

0.245

–

0.069

–

0.096

–

Construction

0.069

–

0.213

–

0.307

–

Distribution

0.250

–

0.189

–

0.055

–

Transport

0.084

–

0.067

–

0.087

–

Banking and finance

0.195

–

0.0192

–

0.197

–

Public administration

0.086

–

0.098

–

0.104

–

Other services

0.044

–

0.112

–

0.088

–

Employment at t − 1

Self-employed. w/o employees

0.007

–

0.656

–

0.805

–

Part-time

0.211

–

0.184

–

0.256

–

Supervisory

0.307

–

0.034

–

0.052

–

Occupation

Managers and senior officials

0.174

–

0.226

–

0.089

–

Professionals

0.075

–

0.129

–

0.121

–

Associate prof. and technicians

0.095

–

0.133

–

0.133

–

Clerical occupations

0.141

–

0.031

–

0.048

–

Skilled trade

0.125

–

0.284

–

0.312

–

Personal services

0.061

–

0.049

–

0.073

–

Sales and customer services

0.105

–

0.031

–

0.020

–

Operatives

0.116

–

0.073

–

0.107

–

Elementary

0.107

–

0.043

–

0.097

–

N

217,331

38,565

4,146