Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of measures used in analyses

Measure	Coding	Mean	Std. deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Development-family score	0=Low DI, 9=High DI	6.80	1.67	0	9
Gender	0=male, 1=female	0.55		0	1
Ethnicity
Brahmin/Chhetri	Reference group	0.47		0	1
Dalit	0=No, 1=Yes	0.12		0	1
Newar	0=No, 1=Yes	0.06		0	1
Hill indigenous	0=No, 1=Yes	0.14		0	1
Terai indigenous	0=No, 1=Yes	0.21		0	1
Distance to city	Miles	7.35	6.33	0	17.6
Education	Years	5.08	4.97	0	16
Nonfamily work
Never worked for pay	Reference group	0.71		0	1
Worked for pay, not now	0=No, 1=Yes	0.16		0	1
Currently working for pay	0=No, 1=Yes	0.13		0	1
Media exposure
Radio in past 12 months	0 = never 3 = daily	1.61	0.92	0	3
Movies in past 12 months	Count	2.74	5.86	0	60
T.V. in past 12 months	0 = never 3 = weekly	1.95	1.00	0	3
Ever married	0=No, 1=Yes	0.86	0.35	0	1
Number of children
0	Reference group	0.21		0	1
1–2	0=No, 1=Yes	0.28		0	1
3–4	0=No, 1=Yes	0.26		0	1
5+	0=No, 1=Yes	0.25		0	1
Age
18–23	Reference group	0.26		0	1
24–32	0=No, 1=Yes	0.26		0	1
33–45	0=No, 1=Yes	0.24		0	1
46+	0=No, 1=Yes	0.24		0	1

Source: 2003 Chitwan Valley, Nepal Survey