Descriptive statistics of selected variables, CPS 1992–1993
| Indoor workers not self employed | All workers | |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Hispanic white | 82.4% | 79.9% |
| Non-Hispanic African American | 8.2% | 9.5% |
| Hispanic | 5.4% | 7.5% |
| Other race/ethnicity | 3.9% | 3.2% |
| Female | 58.5% | 46.0% |
| Number in household | 2.97 | 3.10 |
| Age (years) | 38.7 | 39.0 |
| Hours worked/week | 36.7 | 37.2 |
| Real income (1997 dollars) | $30 599 | $30 435 |
| Income missing | 3.9% | 4.8% |
| Divorced | 11.5% | 10.1% |
| Widowed | 2.5% | 2.1% |
| Separated | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Never married | 21.9% | 22.7% |
| High school dropout | 8.3% | 11.4% |
| High school graduate | 33.9% | 34.9% |
| Some college education | 28.9% | 28.0% |
| Graduated from college | 19.0% | 17.0% |
| Some graduate school education | 9.9% | 8.7% |
| Living in an MSA central city | 21.6% | 22.9% |
| Living in an MSA, not in a central city | 34.6% | 39.0% |
| Smokers | 25.0% | 25.1% |
| Cigarettes smoked daily by smokers | 19.2 | 20.2 |
| Number of observations | 97 882 | 171 680 |
MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area.