Table 1.
Sample Descriptive Statistics, by Household Migration and Year: Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) 1997–2000.
| Variables | 1997 | 2000 | ||
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| Non-emigrant households | Emigrant households | Non-emigrant households | Emigrant households | |
| Age | 40.2 | 44.0 | 43.0 | 46.7 |
| Male (%) | 46.5 | 43.7 | 46.7 | 44.7 |
| Currently working (%) | 66.9 | 66.1 | 80.3 | 80.1 |
| Education in years (%) | ||||
| 0–5 | 54.4 | 52.8 | 54.6 | 53.2 |
| 6–9 | 35.2 | 35.9 | 34.8 | 38.8 |
| >=10 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 10.6 | 8.1 |
| Marital status (%) | ||||
| Never married | 10.3 | 12.3 | 8.5 | 7.8 |
| Married, living with spouse | 79.2 | 69.5 | 79.1 | 79.1 |
| Married, not living with spouse | 1.5 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Marriage dissolution | 8.9 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 11.7 |
| Per capita HH annual income (in Rupiah) a | 1,287,685 | 1,055,480 | 1,433,105 | 1,339,350 |
| Family structure (%) | ||||
| Nuclear | 63.5 | 59.5 | 62.5 | 54.1 |
| Extended | 34.9 | 39.4 | 35.6 | 44.5 |
| Other | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Female-head HH (%) | 10.6 | 16.3 | 10.5 | 15.4 |
| HH socioeconomic shocks in past 5 yrs (%) | 46.0 | 44.5 | 41.5 | 39.8 |
| HH size | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
| Underweight (%) | 18.6 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 17.2 |
| Overweight (%) | 11.4 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 12.6 |
| N (individual) | 5,044 | 968 | 4,575 | 1,437 |
a
The variables are adjusted for inflation (in thousands of constant 2000 Indonesian Rupiah). In 2000, 1 US dollar = 8,290 Indonesian Rupiah.