Table 1

Summary Statistics

Individual-Level DataCollapsed to Day-of-Birth
MeanSDObs.MeanSDObs.
Panel A
Female0.5010.5002,607,1160.5030.0233,240
Age42.1552.5642,607,11642.5172.6303,240
Ethnicity
    Romanian0.8960.3052,607,1160.8940.0193,240
    Hungarian0.0750.2632,607,1160.0770.0163,240
    Roma0.0120.1102,607,1160.0120.0053,240
    Other0.0170.1282,607,1160.0170.0053,240
Years of schooling9.9743.6432,598,5879.9050.6143,240
Employed0.8460.3612,607,1160.8440.0233,240
Occupational skill2.3630.7582,271,1732.3610.0533,240
Number of children2.2861.6071,304,9142.2880.1063,240
Spouse’s years schooling9.9283.5872,226,7299.8720.5313,240
Panel B
Overall mortality rate0.2490.0463,240
Mortality rate by category
    Cancer0.0740.0153,240
    Circulatory0.1000.0283,240
    Preventable0.0570.0103,240
Treatable0.0380.0103,240
Panel C
Time hospitalized (days)24.7642.7973,240
Panel D
Self-reported health index0.0760.2652,028,3070.0770.0133,240
  • Notes: Individual observations for cohorts born from mid-1944 to mid-1953 collapsed to the day-of-birth level from the 1992 Romanian Census (100 percent), 2011 Romanian Census (100 percent), in-patient registry data, and Romania VSM files. Female, ethnicity categories, and employment status are coded as indicator variables so their means can be interpreted as fractions. Years of schooling is a summary measure imputed from levels of completed education. Number of children is only available for women and includes those with zero children. Occupational skill (1–4) is based on International Labour Office (ILO) categories. Self-reported health is an indicator for any health-related problem that affects daily life at work, school, or at home. Mortality is the fraction of deaths between ages 42–71, computed by summing number of deaths in each day of birth and dividing by the corresponding number of people alive in 1992. Time hospitalized is based on in-patient days spent between ages 54–72.