Table 2 Descriptive statistics
From: Remittances, expenditure patterns, and gender: parametric and semiparametric evidence from Ecuador
Remittance receipt | All households | Male‐headed hh. | Female‐headed hh. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Per‐capita expenditures | 1517 | 1695 | 1517 | 1641 | 1517 | 1803 |
Household size | 4.06 | 4.20 | 4.24 | 4.45 | 3.27 | 3.71 |
No. females >= 15 | 1.34 | 1.56 | 1.29 | 1.48 | 1.58 | 1.72 |
No. males >= 15 | 1.28 | 1.26 | 1.44 | 1.58 | 0.62 | 0.61 |
No. children < 15 | 1.43 | 1.38 | 1.52 | 1.39 | 1.06 | 1.38 |
No. adults >= 15 with prim. educ. | 1.22 | 1.14 | 1.27 | 1.23 | 0.99 | 0.94 |
No. adults >= 15 with sec. educ. | 0.73 | 0.91 | 0.77 | 1.00 | 0.59 | 0.72 |
No. adults >= 15 with tert. educ. | 0.40 | 0.57 | 0.42 | 0.63 | 0.34 | 0.46 |
Household head married (%) | 72.78 | 65.79 | 87.97 | 87.03 | 7.93 | 24.03 |
Partner of hh. head absent (%)* | 1.26 | 12.54 | 0.73 | 2.01 | 25.95 | 87.58 |
Observations | 10,503 | 1,988 | 8,510 | 1,318 | 1,993 | 670 |