Table 3 Individual and household characteristics (N = 2644)
| Variable | Symbol | Mean (sample) |
Mean (weighted) | Standard deviation | Wave |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Characteristics | |||||
| Male | male | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.50 | Wave 5 |
| African | african | 0.46 | 0.29 | 0.50 | Wave 5 |
| Colored | colored | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.50 | Wave 5 |
| Age | age | 24.47 | 24.67 | 2.58 | Wave 5 |
| Age square | age_sqr | 605.42 | 615.11 | 127.54 | Wave 5 |
| College degree | coll | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.25 | Wave 5 |
| College degree above | coll_ab | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.13 | Wave 5 |
| Married | marr | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.35 | Wave 5 |
| Separated | sepa | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.13 | Wave 5 |
| In school | school | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.28 | Wave 5 |
| Have a child | child | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.47 | Wave 5 |
| Household Characteristics | |||||
| Home language English | hlang | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.36 | Wave 1 |
| Household size | hsize | 5.77 | 5.55 | 2.50 | Wave 1 |
| Female-headed household | hhead_fe | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.12 | Wave 1 |
| Mother’s education | mo_edu | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.33 | Wave 1 |
| Mother’s education missing | mo_edu_miss | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.38 | Wave 1 |
| Household income per capita (log) | lnfaminc | 6.11 | 6.47 | 0.02 | Wave 1 |