Table 2. Summary statistics for the independent variables, 1002 observations (each region has 334 observations).
| Regions | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka | Bogra | Dacope | ||
| Monthly household income in BDT 1000 | ||||
| Average (Median)1 | 110 (35.00) | 16 (12.00) | 13 (10.00) | 47 (15.00) |
| SD2 | 566 | 21 | 12 | 330 |
| Min | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Max | 10000 | 350 | 100 | 10000 |
| Age (ordered categories)3 | ||||
| Average (Median) | 0.66 (0.00) | 1.58 (1.00) | 1.53 (1.00) | 1.26 (1.00) |
| SD | 0.85 | 1.39 | 1.26 | 1.26 |
| Min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Education (years) | ||||
| Average (Median) | 12.66 (16.00) | 6.26 (5.00) | 6.56 (5.00) | 8.50 (10.00) |
| SD | 5.30 | 4.96 | 4.57 | 5.76 |
| Min | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Max | 20.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 20.00 |
| Number of children (<12 year-old) | ||||
| Average (Median) | 0.84 (1.00) | 0.65 (1.00) | 1.12 (1.00) | 0.86 (1.00) |
| SD | 1.08 | 0.78 | 0.90 | 0.95 |
| Min | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Max | 6.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 |
| Gender (female = 0) | ||||
| Average (Median) | 0.82 (1.00) | 0.95 (1.00) | 0.93 (1.00) | 0.90 (1.00) |
| SD | 0.39 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.30 |
| Min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Family structure (joint family = 0) | ||||
| Average (Median) | 0.62 (1.00) | 0.75 (1.00) | 0.46 (0.00) | 0.61 (1.00) |
| SD | 0.49 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.49 |
| Min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Occupation dummy (ecosystem service occupation = 0) | ||||
| Wage-labor occupation | ||||
| Average (Median) | 0.22 (0.00) | 0.27 (0.00) | 0.24 (0.00) | 0.43 (0.00) |
| SD | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.43 |
| Min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Business & service | ||||
| Average (Median) | 0.78 (1.00) | 0.39 (0.00) | 0.53 (1.00) | 0.57 (1.00) |
| SD | 0.41 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1 Median in parentheses.
2 SD stands for standard deviation.
3 The age variable is defined as an ordered categorical variable (Table 1).