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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2016 Jan 29;46:70–89. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.01.005

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics among sample households

Variable Cross-section
Panel
Control Treatment Control Treatment
log(Expenditures) 8.557 8.410 8.516 8.365
(1.012) (0.702) (1.007) (0.700)
Household size 3.962 5.516 4.150 5.622
(2.212) (1.999) (2.259) (2.055)
Household members who are adult (%) 0.701 0.476 0.690 0.467
Head is male (%) 0.809 0.848 0.814 0.849
Education of head (%)
 None 0.098 0.122 0.093 0.118
 At least some primary 0.538 0.632 0.578 0.623
 At least some secondary 0.279 0.228 0.256 0.234
 At least some tertiary 0.085 0.018 0.073 0.026
Native language of head (%)
 Spanish 0.619 0.309 0.624 0.314
 Quechua 0.283 0.648 0.278 0.639
 Other 0.098 0.043 0.098 0.047
Marital status of head (%)
 Married or cohabitating 0.725 0.842 0.740 0.845
 Widowed, divorced, or separated 0.219 0.139 0.208 0.139
 Single 0.056 0.019 0.052 0.016
Respondent is male (%) 0.276 0.175 0.267 0.174
District poverty (%) 0.060 0.099 0.060 0.101
Community type (%)
 Rural, 1–140 residents 0.163 0.189 0.157 0.204
 Rural, 141–400 residents 0.480 0.673 0.515 0.684
 Urban, 1–400 residents 0.168 0.102 0.161 0.079
 Urban, 401–4,000 residents 0.188 0.036 0.167 0.033
Region (%)
 Highlands 0.601 0.911 0.610 0.908
 Rainforest 0.399 0.089 0.390 0.092
Year (%)
 2007 0.162 0.096 0.156 0.107
 2008 0.158 0.152 0.206 0.204
 2009 0.159 0.165 0.222 0.214
 2010 0.156 0.165 0.279 0.298
 2011 0.183 0.205 0.137 0.177
 2012 0.183 0.202 - -

Number of observations 20,529 9,717 6,032 3,014
Number of districts 416 321 228 273

Note: This table displays means of variables and standard deviations of continuous variables in parentheses. The control group consists of households from non-Juntos districts.