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Appendix Descriptive Statistics for Important Variables in the Analysis 181 Variable N Minimum Maximum Mean S.D. Precongressional salary 218 $17,437 $1,659,257 $275,107.49 $260,141.815 Year entered Congress 229 1947 1999 1974 10.894 Postcongressional salary 204 $34,016 $1,338,256 $247,062.19 $165,154.876 Year left Congress 229 1959 2003 1986 10.338 Broad skill seta 229 –3.65 2.61 .0000 1.000 Elite committee (years) 229 .00 38.00 3.8603 7.360 Interest committee (years) 229 .00 52.00 7.5983 7.758 Training capitala 229 –2.36 1.92 .0000 1.000 Nontraining capitala 229 –2.79 2.57 .0000 1.000 Life cycle investmentsb 229 –36.85 184.22 5.5116 19.195 General trainingb 229 –1.61 7.02 .4378 1.115 Reputational capitala 229 –3.68 8.47 .0000 1.000 Tenure (years) 229 1.00 40 11.62 8.255 Time in job 1 (months) 196 3.00 717 90.70 116.380 Time in job 2 (months) 121 3.00 408 74.49 76.276 Time in job 3(months) 88 4.00 683 88.17 100.428 Senatorc 229 0 1 .07 .248 Career changec 209 0 1 .43 .496 Lobbyist—first jobc 229 0 1 .23 .420 Lobbyist—first 3 jobsc 229 0 1 .37 .484 Prior political officec 229 0 1 .22 .414 Party (1 = Democrat)c 229 0 1 .54 .533 PAC subsidies 114 0 .8374 .24 .225 Days until finding 162 0 4560 192.04 539.549 postcongressional job Source: Authors’ survey of former members of Congress, 2004. Note: S.D. = standard deviation. a Variables are derived from factors scores. b Variables represent interaction terms. c Variables are dummy variables, coded 1 and 0. Years of Tenure among Former Congressmen Born since 1929 182 Years of Congressional Service Population (%) Sample (%) Less than 10 years 72.7 74.7 11–20 years 25.3 24.0 21+ years 2.0 1.3 Statistics Mean 8.14 8.11 S.D. 5.30 5.13 Number of cases 403 75 Source: Inter-University Consortium and McKibbin 1997; authors’ survey of former members of Congress, 2004. Note: S.D. = standard deviation. Reason for Leaving Office among Former Congressmen Born since 1929 Reason for Departure Population (%) Sample (%) Lost general election 37.3 41.1 Lost in the primary 8.7 5.5 Retired 22.1 19.2 Sought another office 25.5 31.5 Accepted federal office 3.1 Resignation 3.4 2.7 Number of cases 357 73 Source: Inter-University Consortium and McKibbin 1997; authors ’ survey of former members of Congress, 2004. ...

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