Table 2:
Descriptive Statistics of Working Age Population
| Ethiopia |
Malawi |
Tanzania |
Uganda |
Pooled |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |
| Migration rates | ||||||||||
| more than 1 month | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 |
| 1–6 months | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| 7–12 months | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Other occupational participation rates | ||||||||||
| Agricultural self-employed | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.52 | 0.85 | 0.31 | 0.82 | 0.53 | 0.82 | 0.51 | 0.85 |
| Agricultural wage | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.08 |
| Non-agricultural employment | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.41 | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.21 |
| School | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
| Not employed | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.06 |
| Climate | ||||||||||
| Temperature z-score | 0.29 (0.73) |
−0.12 (0.87) |
0.88 (0.59) |
0.82 (0.59) |
0.44 (1.17) |
0.58 (1.04) |
0.83 (0.68) |
0.75 (0.65) |
0.52 (0.97) |
0.35 (0.99) |
| Rainfall z-score | 0.22 (0.67) |
0.21 (0.67) |
−0.74 (0.90) |
−0.76 (1.00) |
−0.02 (0.94) |
−0.39 (0.84) |
−0.26 (0.75) |
−0.14 (0.80) |
−0.07 (0.88) |
−0.15 (0.84) |
| Other | ||||||||||
| Age 15–34 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.62 |
| Female | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.52 |
| Observations | 1,338 | 10,934 | 2,536 | 5,828 | 7,587 | 15,186 | 3,780 | 8,088 | 15,241 | 40,036 |
Note: Means (proportions for binary variables) with standard deviations in parentheses. Occupational variables refer to whether the individual engaged in the activity in the previous 12 months except school, which refers to current school year. Observations are person-years aged 15–65. Sample and attrition weights applied.