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Race, College Graduation, and Time of Retirement in the United States: A Thirty-Year Longitudinal Cohort of Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Open Journal of Educational Research | Vol 4, Issue 5

Table 1. Descriptive Data Overall and by Race and College Graduation (n =6,803)


	All		White		Black			College -		College +

	n	%	n	%	n	%		n	%	N	%
Gender*
Female	3417	50.2	2763	48.7	654	57.7	< 0.001	2887	52.2	530	41.7	< 0.001
Male	3386	49.8	2906	51.3	480	42.3		2644	47.8	742	58.3
Race*
White	5669	83.3						4526	81.8	1143	89.9	< 0.001
Black	1134	16.7						1005	18.2	129	10.1
College Degree *
Not	5531	81.3	4526	79.8	1005	88.6	< 0.001
Yes	1272	18.7	1143	20.2	129	11.4

*p<0.05