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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Resour. 2008 Summer;43(3):511–552.

Table 11.

Summary Statistics for Labor Supply of Non-Patient Children and Adults

Random Sample
ARV households
P-value
Mean Standard deviation Mean Standard deviation



Boys (8–18 years) 433 152
Worked in past week 78% 74% 0.24
Total hours worked in past 7 days 14.8 15.9 12.3 13.1 0.09
Girls (8–18 years) 347 143
Worked in past week 74% 63% 0.02
Total hours worked in past 7 days 11.5 11.7 9.0 13.1 0.04
Men (18–65 years) 649 108
Worked in past week 92% 85% 0.01
Total hours worked in past 7 days 41.9 27.7 26.8 27.1 0.00
Women (18–65 years) 622 125
Worked in past week 86% 82% 0.17
Total hours worked in past 7 days 29.0 22.9 20.7 18.5 0.00

Notes: P-value from t-test for equality of means for random sample and ARV recipients. Statistics for ARV households exclude ARV recipients and other HIV-positive patients at the Mosoriot HIV clinic.