TABLE 1.

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

Men and Women, age 25–40

	Men	Women
Proportion with zero earnings	0.099	0.638
Mean monthly earnings (1000’s pesos)	3.945 (0.187)	1.140 (0.127)
Median earnings	3.000	0.000
Interquartile range of earnings	3.300	3.600
Coefficient of Variation	1.123	2.276
Gini Coefficient	0.483	0.819
Theil Index	0.443	1.459
Headcount Ratio (FGT, α = 0)*	0.227	0.763
Average Poverty Gap Ratio (FGT, α = 1)*	0.148	0.702
Foster-Greer-Thorbecke Index (FGT, α = 2)*	0.126	0.681
Mean schooling level (last grade completed)	8.8 (0.27)	7.7 (0.20)
Mean height (cms)	166 (0.52)	153 (0.41)
Mean potential labor market experience	17.3 (0.36)	18.5 (0.26)
Sample Size	1950	3221

^*The three poverty measures are computed using poverty line of 1,452 pesos/mth (= 5 USD/day).