Table A2.
Descriptive statistics for the main variables adopted in the appendix. Variables take the difference from the value in the same month the previous year. Tokyo is eliminated from prefecture-level analyses.
| Variable | Mean | S.D. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis 1 | y | Costs per a user, daycare | 1.35 | 7.59 |
| (Municipality) | Costs per a user, home care | 3.73 | 10.29 | |
| Observations | #Regions | 1451 | ||
| #Months | 4 | |||
| #Regions x #Month | 5804 | |||
| Analysis 2,3 | y | Female working rate | 2.16 | 6.46 |
| (Prefecture) | ||||
| Observations | #Regions | 46 | ||
| #Months | 3 | |||
| #Regions x #Month | 138 |