Table 1.

Summary of variables

Variable	Obs.	Mean	Std. Dev.	Min	Max
Wife-specific characteristics and assets
Wife Age—in years	1851	37.407	10.846	18	80
Wife Education—in years	1851	1.883	0.657	1	7
Wife Health—personal rating from very good (5) to poor(1)	1851	3.987	0.784	1	5
Wife Farm Labor—hours in typical day	1850	4.233	1.971	0	12
Wife Market Labor—hours in typical day	1836	3.813	2.467	0	12
Wife Home Labor—hours in typical day	1851	4.926	2.491	0	12
Household shared assets
HH Asset Index—100 point scale increasing in asset ownership	1851	23.579	8.774	0	80
Husband’s Community Standing—10 is highest	1851	4.470	1.602	1	10
HH Land Cultivated—in acres	1851	42.793	41.237	0	150
HH Distance to Pavement—in kilometers	1778	6.178	8.149	0.02	80
HH Children < Age 10 = 1 if any children < age 10	1851	0.621	0.485	0	1
Spousal differences (husband—wife)
Age Difference—in years	1851	8.214	6.940	−25	44
Education Difference—in years	1826	0.146	0.727	−5	5
Health Difference—5 point scale	1851	0.061	0.971	−4	3
Farm Labor Difference—in hours	1851	0.590	2.536	−12	10
Market Labor Difference—in hours	1851	−0.473	2.896	−12	10
Home Labor Difference—in hours	1851	−3.308	2.835	−12	6
Regional effects
Eastern	1851	0.145	0.352	0	1
Central	1851	0.034	0.181	0	1
Southern Highlands	1851	0.135	0.342	0	1
Lake	1851	0.128	0.334	0	1
Northern	1851	0.163	0.369	0	1
Southern	1851	0.205	0.404	0	1
Western	1851	0.185	0.389	0	1