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Table 1 Select summary statistics for sole- and multiple-sibling migrants

From: The remittance behaviour of Kenyan sibling migrants

Variables

All sibling migrants

Sole migrants only

Multiple migrants only

t test/z-score

Positive remitters only

Value of cash and in-kind remittances (Ksh)

29,751 (93,906)

35,876 (101,257)

27,866 (91,507)

1.20

59,942 (126,375)

 =1 if remitted cash/in-kind; =0 otherwise

0.5 (0.5)

0.54 (0.5)

0.48 (0.5)

1.78*

 

N

1092

257

835

 

542

  1. Notes to the table: (i) The fifth column reports t test/z-scores for tests for mean/proportion differences between sole- and multiple-sibling migrants, and the sixth column reports summary statistics for positive remitters. (ii) Standard deviations are reported in parentheses. (iii) *represents the statistical significance of the difference for the 10 % significance level