Table.2.
Demographic and socio-economic data of the sample villages
| Item | Ok Tedi mining | Ok Tedi non-mining | Porgera mining | Porgera non-mining |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic information (mean) | ||||
| Age | 43.68 | 43.83 | 46.22 | 42.13 |
| Gender (M = 0, F = 1) | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.26 |
| Employment (frequency) | ||||
| Unemployed | 53 | 78 | 59 | 80 |
| Employed | 100 | 71 | 97 | 71 |
| 0 = no grade completed | 36 | 55 | 35 | 90 |
| Education (frequency) | ||||
| 1–12 = school years | 36 | 74 | 50 | 44 |
| 13 = trade certificate | 48 | 8 | 50 | 2 |
| 14 = other certificate | 20 | 5 | 14 | 10 |
| 15 = diploma | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 = degree | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 = postgraduate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Productive adults per household (frequency) | ||||
| 1 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | 66 | 86 | 96 | 69 |
| 3 | 31 | 26 | 37 | 36 |
| 4 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Food security & quality (mean) | ||||
| Food eaten in the last 30 days (1 = often not enough, 4 = enough and the kind we prefer) | 3.20 | 2.12 | 2.85 | 1.67 |
| 3 square meals last 12 months (1 = never, 5 = always) | 4.09 | 2.74 | 3.64 | 1.69 |
| Income satisfaction (1 = insufficient to 4 = more than enough) | ||||
| Income satisfaction (mean) | 1.66 | 2.60 | 1.11 | 2.64 |
| Life satisfaction: rich–poor ladder (frequency) | ||||
| Step 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 67 |
| Step 2 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 62 |
| Step 3 | 4 | 65 | 28 | 19 |
| Step 4 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 1 |
| Step 5 | 83 | 7 | 68 | 2 |
| Step 6 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Step 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Step 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Step 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |