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Table 3 Comparison of gross sample, refusals and realized sample in wave 1

From: The IZA evaluation dataset survey: a scientific use file

 

Gross

Wave 1

p-value

Sample

Refusals

Realized sample

  

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1) vs. (3)

(2) vs. (3)

Number of observations

81,391

5,388

17,396

  

Female

43.9

44.5

47.4

0.000

0.000

Age category

  ≤ 24 years

28.0

28.0

27.6

0.263

0.581

  25 to 34 years

26.6

25.7

26.1

0.114

0.631

  35 to 44 years

24.6

25.7

25.1

0.308

0.281

  ≥ 45 years

20.7

20.5

21.3

0.061

0.217

German citizen

91.1

92.6

92.7

0.000

0.001

School degree

  None, unknown

8.0

6.6

5.4

0.000

0.001

  Lower secondary school

34.7

35.2

30.5

0.000

0.000

  Middle secondary school

36.5

37.3

37.6

0.007

0.666

  Advanced middle sec. school

7.6

8.0

9.3

0.000

0.003

  Upper secondary school (A-level)

13.2

12.9

17.1

0.000

0.000

  1. Note: Numbers are percentages and based on administrative information included in the unemployment inflow statistic. Gross sample: Sample extracted from the unemployment inflow statistic (excluding eight individuals due to missing information in observable characteristics). Refusals: Individuals who have been contacted and refused to give an interview but were willing to provide at least some information about their current labor market activities (so-called soft-refusals). P-values are based on a simple t-test of equal means.