The effectiveness and effects of alcohol regulation: evidence from India

Table 1 Summary statistics of key variables in the NFHS

Variable	Mean	Std. dev.	Min	Max	Obs.
All men (ages 15 to 50)
Proportion
Drinks	0.235	0.424	0	1	208,356
Smokes	0.299	0.458	0	1	208,362
Chews tobacco	0.248	0.432	0	1	208,360
Can drink legally	0.478	0.500	0	1	208,437
Married	0.605	0.489	0	1	208,091
Hindu	0.757	0.429	0	1	208,091
Muslim	0.121	0.326	0	1	208,091
Age	29.78	10.15	15	50	208,360
Years of schooling	7.21	4.89	0	24	208,141
Household size	6.558	3.518	1	46	208,091
Husbands (ages 15 to 50)
Proportion
Husband drinks	0.301	0.459	0	1	83,364
Husband smokes	0.456	0.498	0	1	83,364
Wife drinks	0.021	0.142	0	1	83,359
Wife reports domestic violence	0.179	0.384	0	1	83,358
Husband is of legal drinking age	0.929	0.257	0	1	83,364
Urban residence	0.322	0.467	0	1	83,364
Wife believes that husband is justified in beating spouse if he suspects her of being unfaithful	0.305	0.461	0	1	83,364
Wife has own money that she can control	0.543	0.498	0	1	83,364
Hindu	0.808	0.394	0	1	83,364
Muslim	0.117	0.321	0	1	83,364
Age of husband	39.7	8.818	15	60	83,364
Years of husband’s schooling	5.98	5.075	0	24	83,364
Number of children	2.957	1.684	0	14	83,364
Years of wife’s schooling	3.581	4.617	0	23	83,364
Age of wife	33.8	8.07	15	49	83,364
Household size	5.415	2.248	1	35	83,364
Ratio of wife’s schooling to husband’s	0.898	1.146	0.01	18	83,263
Ratio of wife’s age to husband’s	0.852	0.1	0.31	1.91	83,364