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Table 6 Description of participants in the survey

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

 

Survey participants

Number of observations

17,396

Female

47.4

Age (in years)

33.8

East Germany

29.5

Married

39.8

German citizen

94.2

Not born in Germany

12.5

Upper secondary school (A-level)

20.6

Labor market experience before entry into unemployment

 Share of working lifetime spent in employment

62.9

 Last earnings from employment (in €/month, net),  mean

1173.9

25th centile

770

median

1100

75th centile

1400

 No employment experience

16.0

  1. Note: Numbers are percentages (unless otherwise indicated) and based on the first interview wave.