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Table 2 Selected Summary Statistics, survey-weighted mean values for children ages 7–13

From: Remittances and child labor in Bolivia

 

Full sample

Rural households

Urban households

 

All households

Remittances

No remittances

All households

Remittances

No remittances

All households

Remittances

No remittances

Child works

0.241

0.197

0.245

0.499

0.508

0.498

0.077

0.059

0.079

 

(0.007)

(0.020)

(0.007)

(0.013)

(0.046)

(0.013)

(0.005)

(0.015)

(0.005)

Hours worked per week if hours >0

20.01

17.92

20.16

18.8

18.1

18.9

24.74

17.35

25.31

 

(0.49)

(1.22)

(0.51)

(0.50)

(1.34)

(0.53)

(1.31)

(2.92)

(1.38)

HH receives remittances

0.084

  

0.067

  

0.095

  
 

(0.004)

  

(0.006)

  

(0.006)

  

Age

10.07

10.16

10.06

9.98

10.10

9.97

10.12

10.19

10.11

 

(0.030)

(0.098)

(0.031)

(0.050)

(0.183)

(0.052)

(0.037)

(0.115)

(0.039)

Male

0.523

0.529

0.523

0.531

0.506

0.533

0.518

0.539

0.516

 

(0.008)

(0.026)

(0.008)

(0.013)

(0.046)

(0.013)

(0.009)

(0.031)

(0.010)

Household income per capita (Bs/m)

711.67

868.49

697.25

439.37

541.44

432.09

884.49

1013.30

870.90

 

(10.83)

(36.96)

(11.30)

(14.78)

(74.51)

(14.89)

(14.12)

(40.70)

(15.00)

Poverty indicator

0.586

0.463

0.597

0.714

0.617

0.721

0.504

0.395

0.515

 

(0.008)

(0.026)

(0.008)

(0.012)

(0.047)

(0.012)

(0.009)

(0.031)

(0.010)

Rural

0.388

0.307

0.396

      
 

(0.008)

(0.024)

(0.008)

      

HH age

42.56

46.90

42.16

42.85

48.53

42.45

42.38

46.18

41.98

 

(0.17)

(0.69)

(0.17)

(0.28)

(1.30)

(0.28)

(0.21)

(0.82)

(0.21)

HH female

0.184

0.337

0.170

0.146

0.291

0.135

0.208

0.357

0.192

 

(0.006)

(0.024)

(0.006)

(0.010)

(0.042)

(0.010)

(0.008)

(0.030)

(0.008)

HH married

0.594

0.509

0.602

0.628

0.566

0.633

0.573

0.484

0.582

 

(0.008)

(0.026)

(0.008)

(0.013)

(0.046)

(0.013)

(0.009)

(0.031)

(0.010)

Max education

10.59

11.42

10.52

8.29

9.31

8.22

12.06

12.35

12.03

 

(0.060)

(0.190)

(0.063)

(0.082)

(0.281)

(0.085)

(0.071)

(0.226)

(0.074)

Children 0–5

0.68

0.60

0.69

0.87

0.68

0.88

0.56

0.56

0.56

 

(0.013)

(0.043)

(0.014)

(0.024)

(0.087)

(0.025)

(0.014)

(0.048)

(0.015)

Boys 6–17

1.33

1.27

1.34

1.52

1.37

1.54

1.21

1.23

1.21

 

(0.016)

(0.051)

(0.017)

(0.030)

(0.091)

(0.031)

(0.018)

(0.061)

(0.019)

Girls 6–17

1.25

1.28

1.25

1.35

1.28

1.35

1.19

1.28

1.18

 

(0.015)

(0.050)

(0.015)

(0.025)

(0.085)

(0.026)

(0.018)

(0.061)

(0.019)

Spanish first language

0.84

0.88

0.83

0.60

0.64

0.60

0.98

0.99

0.98

 

(0.006)

(0.016)

(0.006)

(0.012)

(0.043)

(0.013)

(0.002)

(0.006)

(0.003)

Number

5351

447

4904

2036

149

1887

3315

298

3017

  1. Note: Standard errors in parentheses. Means and standard errors are calculated using probability weights