Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics for Individuals Age 15–19 in Nang Rong in 1994, Thailand and Chitwan Valley, Nepal in 1996
| Chitwan | Nang Rong | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Mean | Std Dev | Mean | Std Dev |
| Size of Household Land Holdings (HA) | 1.01 | 0.94 | 3.57 | 3.63 |
| Bari land Holdings (HA) | 0.30 | 0.42 | -- | -- |
| Khet land Holdings (HA) | 0.71 | 0.79 | -- | -- |
| Household Land Holding Status | ||||
| Owns any land | 0.93 | 0.26 | 0.93 | 0.25 |
| Sharecrops any land | 0.25 | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.38 |
| Mortgages any land | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.04 | 0.20 |
| Crop Portfolio | ||||
| Grows rice only | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.70 | 0.46 |
| Grows cash crops only | 0.04 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.10 |
| Grows no crops | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.26 |
| Grows combination of crops | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.21 | 0.41 |
| Crops Grown | ||||
| Grows rice | 0.65 | 0.48 | 0.91 | 0.28 |
| Grows cash crops | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.17 | 0.38 |
| Grows other crops | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.05 | 0.23 |
| Animal Husbandry | ||||
| Number of cattle | 1.34 | 1.70 | 1.62 | 4.60 |
| Number of buffalo | 1.79 | 1.68 | 2.26 | 2.77 |
| Number of pigs | 0.08 | 0.43 | 0.66 | 3.10 |
| Farm Mechanization | ||||
| Household uses irrigation pump | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.17 | 0.38 |
| Household uses tractor | 0.70 | 0.46 | 0.60 | 0.49 |
| Demographic Characteristics of Individual | ||||
| Gender (male) | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.50 |
| Age (in years) | 16.86 | 1.37 | 16.79 | 1.41 |
| Marital status (ever-married) | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.26 |
| Any Own children in Household | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.18 |
| Educational Attainment | ||||
| Less than six years of education | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0.06 | 0.24 |
| Six years of education | 0.12 | 0.33 | 0.59 | 0.49 |
| Over six years of education | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.35 | 0.48 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Upper caste Hindu | 0.52 | 0.50 | -- | -- |
| Hill Tibeto Burmise | 0.14 | 0.34 | -- | -- |
| Lower caste Hindu | 0.10 | 0.30 | -- | -- |
| Newar | 0.07 | 0.25 | -- | -- |
| Terai Tibeto Burmise | 0.18 | 0.38 | -- | -- |
| Migrations since age 13 (count) | 0.24 | 0.49 | 0.20 | 0.63 |
| Other Household Characteristics | ||||
| Language Spoken in the Household | ||||
| Thai (Korat and Central) | -- | -- | 0.77 | 0.42 |
| Khmer | -- | -- | 0.07 | 0.26 |
| Lao | -- | -- | 0.16 | 0.37 |
| Parent's Residence with Household | ||||
| Both parents reside | 0.75 | 0.43 | 0.78 | 0.42 |
| Only one parent resides | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.34 |
| Neither parent resides | 0.16 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.28 |
| Other members age 14 or younger (count) | 1.95 | 1.90 | 1.07 | 1.06 |
| Other members age 15–55 (count) | 1.86 | 1.86 | 1.17 | 1.19 |
| Other members age 56 or older (count) | 0.22 | 0.52 | 0.23 | 0.51 |
| Members with migration experience (count) | 0.80 | 1.04 | 0.40 | 0.68 |
| Household wealth distribution position | ||||
| Bottom Tercile | 0.25 | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.39 |
| Middle Tercile | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.38 | 0.49 |
| Top Tercile | 0.38 | 0.49 | 0.44 | 0.50 |
| Neighborhood/Village Variables | ||||
| Undeveloped or common land in neighborhood (%) | 1.17 | 5.26 | -- | -- |
| Forest land in 3km buffer (%) | -- | -- | 16.00 | 5.05 |
| Time since obtaining electicity (years) | 4.01 | 6.21 | 9.03 | 4.43 |
| Distance of district town (Km) | 13.78 | 6.59 | 12.90 | 5.18 |
| N | 876 | 2538 | ||