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. 2012 Jun 11;109(26):10257–10262. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1115843109

Table 1.

Summary statistics for full panel sample, including Nairobi

Round 1
Round 2
Mean SD Mean SD
M-PESA user 0.432 0.496 0.698 0.459
Own cell phone 0.692 0.462 0.758 0.428
Per capita expenditure 73,137 131,229 64,025 87,078
Per capita food expenditure 31,825 31,123 30,092 25,612
Per capita nonfood subsistence expenditure 13,795 44,218 16,587 44,308
Propensity to spend on medical care 0.418 0.493 0.456 0.498
Per capita medical care expenditure 3,653 22,142 3,019 22,480
Propensity to spend on education 0.527 0.499 0.603 0.489
Per capita education expenditure 5,364 22,717 4,362 14,809
Illness shock 0.239 0.427 0.401 0.490
Propensity to receive remittances 0.387 0.487 0.419 0.494
Total remittances received (includes zeros) 9,041 86,817 4,840 13,832

All expenditure variables are measured in Kenyan shillings, and the exchange rate during the survey period was approximately KSh 75 = US $1.