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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: Int Migr. 2010 May 18;51(3):169–193. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00627.x

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics Event History Analysis, Chitwan Valley Residents

Variable (Wide Design) Ages 12–25
(Long Design) Ages 12–42
Mean Std Dev Mean Std Dev
Dependent Variable
 Migration (t + 1 ) 0.03 0.16 0.02 0.15
Media Exposure
 Radio (years since first exposed) 7.21 5.80 12.55 8.98
 Movies (years since first exposed) 4.31 4.82 8.21 7.91
 Television (years since first exposed) 1.65 3.51 2.79 5.26
Human Capital Achievements
 Education (years) 4.48 4.69 4.39 4.95
 Salary Job Experience (years) 0.29 1.33 0.88 2.99
 Wage Job Experience (years) 1.42 2.97 3.57 6.62
Human Capital Endowments a
 Father had any Education 0.25 0.43 0.24 0.42
 Mother had any Education 0.05 0.21 0.04 0.20
 Father Worked Outside of Home 0.42 0.49 0.42 0.49
 Mother Workd Outside of Home 0.21 0.41 0.20 0.40
Migration-Specific Human Capital
 Number of Out-Migrations (since birth) 0.09 0.31 0.15 0.42
 Time Living Outside Neighborhood (years) 0.33 0.47 0.22 0.41
 Migrant Siblings (count) 0.03 0.19 0.03 0.19
Demographics
 Age 17.96 4.06 25.07 8.96
 Gender (female) 0.55 0.50 0.56 0.50
 Marital Status
  Currently Married 0.48 0.50 0.67 0.47
  Post Married 0.02 0.13 0.03 0.16
  Never Married 0.50 0.50 0.30 0.46
 Number of Children 0.56 0.97 1.92 2.06
 Ethnicity
  Upper Caste Hindus 0.43 0.49 0.44 0.50
  Lower Caste Hindus 0.11 0.32 0.11 0.32
  Hill Tibetoburmese 0.15 0.36 0.16 0.36
  Newar 0.06 0.23 0.06 0.24
  Terai Tibetoburmese 0.24 0.43 0.21 0.41
  Other Ethnicity 0.02 0.13 0.02 0.14
Living Arrangements
 In-Laws 0.20 0.40 0.17 0.38
 Unrelated Others 0.03 0.18 0.03 0.18
 Relatives 0.63 0.48 0.44 0.50
 Other Arrangement 0.14 0.35 0.36 0.48
Neighborhood Characteristics
 Walking Distance to Nearest Bank (in min) 107.36 97.49 63.90 41.08
 Walking Distance to Nearest School (in min) 12.30 11.24 10.69 8.23
 Walking Distance to Nearest Health Facility (in min) 38.86 40.47 27.46 21.47
 Walking Distance to Nearest Bus Stop (in min) 30.68 48.26 20.68 23.00
 Walking Distance to Nearest Market (in min) 21.71 31.58 14.54 18.65
 Walking Distance to Nearest Employer (in min) 33.04 29.86 25.34 22.80
 Electricity (in year) 0.15 0.36 0.22 0.41

N 31393 37270

Notes:

a

Refers to time before the respondent was 12 years old