Table 2.

Summary statistics for independent variables, 2002

	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Individual-level characteristics
Age (years)	3.44	1.53	0.00	6.00
Male	0.50	0.50	0.00	1.00
Birth order	1.97	0.94	1.00	11.00
Family-level characteristics
Mother's age (years)	28.77	4.18	20.00	47.00
Mother's years of schoolinga	5.41	3.28	0.00	12.00
Father's years of schoolinga	6.54	2.80	0.00	13.00
Mother's income (Rs. 1000)b	19.89	5.33	0.00	31.83
Household income (Rs. 1000)b	39.92	9.18	1.11	64.26
Sub-caste
Thevar	0.11	0.32	0.00	1.00
Sakliyar	0.05	0.23	0.00	1.00
Pallar	0.41	0.49	0.00	1.00
Paraiyar	0.29	0.45	0.00	1.00
Other	0.13	0.34	0.00	1.00
Division-level characteristics
Women's mean years of schoolinga	3.66	0.69	1.79	5.39
Men's mean years of schoolinga	5.83	0.65	4.32	7.46
Mean women's income (Rs. 1000)b	23.05	1.33	19.90	26.66
Mean household income (Rs. 1000)b	41.40	3.42	32.43	52.73
N=691

Notes:

^aMeasured in 2003

^bMeasured in 2001