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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 20.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2014 Feb 27;30:547–578. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.19

Table 1.

Descriptive overview of analytic sample, Tsogolo la Thanzi, Waves 1 and 4

Wave 1 Wave 2

min max mean sd mean sd
Sibship Characteristics
Number of Siblings 0 10 4.81 2.28 4.88 2.27
Respondent Has Zero Siblings 0 1 0.02 0.13 0.02 0.13
Number of Older Siblings 0 10 2.40 2.33 2.45 2.35
Number of Younger Siblings 0 10 2.44 1.84 2.47 1.87
Educational Outcomes
Educational Attainment 0 14 7.57 2.39 7.47 2.34
School Enrollment 0 1 0.80 0.40 0.80 0.40
At Grade-Level, W1 0 1 0.49 0.50 0.48 0.50
At Grade-Level, W4 0 1 -- -- 0.42 0.49
Has MSCE 0 1 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.05
Sibling Financial Transfer Variables
Net Exchange with Focal Sibship Set, USD −26.7 77 2.41 9.87 2.13 8.86
Received From Focal Sibship Set, USD 0 210 3.92 14.56 3.56 13.18
Given To Focal Sibship Set, USD 0 100 1.18 4.52 1.07 3.23
No Exchange with Siblings 0 1 0.32 0.47 0.32 0.47
Alternate Financial Support Measure
Transfer from Romantic Partner, USD 0 400 16.94 40.09 16.06 39.98
Socio-demographic Controls
Female 0 1 0.70 0.46 0.69 0.46
Age 15 18 16.34 1.12 16.32 1.12
Household Wealth Index −3.2 8 0.17 2.51 0.01 2.37
Distance from Town Center −1.3 4 −0.02 1.02 0.02 1.01
Ever Married 0 1 0.09 0.29 0.10 0.30
Parity 0 2 0.09 0.29 0.09 0.30
Has Romantic Partner 0 1 0.37 0.48 0.36 0.48
Orphaned Before Age 15 0 1 0.20 0.40 0.22 0.42
Co-residency Arrangement
  With Parents and Siblings 0 1 0.49 0.50 0.52 0.50
  With Siblings, No Parent 0 1 0.17 0.37 0.17 0.38
  No Parents, No Siblings 0 1 0.25 0.43 0.21 0.41
  With Parents, No Siblings 0 1 0.09 0.29 0.09 0.29

N 918 816

Note: Waves 1 and 4 of Tsogolo la Thanzi were collected in 2009 and 2010