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Table 3 Variable definitions

From: Missing women in the United Kingdom

Variable

Definition

 

Dependent variables

Boy

Indicator variable: Child born at a given parity is male

Family size

Proxy for desired family size: Number of children born per household

 

Previous children and ethnicity variables

All girls

Indicator variable: All previous children are girls

Gender mix

Indicator variable: Previous children are a mix of boys and girls

Indian

Ethnicity dummy: Household is Indian (0,1): At least one parent born in India

Pakistani

Ethnicity dummy: Household is Pakistani (0,1): At least one parent born in Pakistan

English

Ethnicity dummy: Household is English (0,1): At least one parent born in the UK

 

Individual and household variables

University

Dummy variable: A household is educated at the university level (0,1): At least one parent has first degree, higher degree or higher education qualifications

Secondary

Dummy variable: A household is educated at the secondary education level (0,1): At least one parent has achieved at least one of GCSE, O-level or A-Level qualifications

Never school

Dummy variable: A household never went to school (0,1): At least one parent never attended primary school

Employed

Dummy variable: A household is employed (0,1): At least one parent is employed

Wealthy

Dummy variable: A household is wealthy (0,1): Household owns a house

London

Region dummy that household resides in London (0,1)

West Midlands

Region dummy that household resides in the West Midlands (0,1)

East Midlands

Region dummy that household resides in the East Midlands (0,1)

North

Region dummy that household resides in the North (0,1)

  1. Note: Most of the immigrants in our dataset live in the four regions listed above. All the other regions are included in the omitted variable category.