Table 2: Summary statistics of main explanatory variables for migrant and non-migrant <u>households, 2004 cross-section</u>

||Non-M<br>househ|igrant<br>olds|Domestic<br>househ|migrant<br>olds|Internation<br>house|al migrant<br>hold|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Mean|_Std. Err._|Mean|_Std. Err._|Mean|_Std. Err._|
|Household per capita expenditure x10<sup>5</sup>|1.640|_0.036_|1.755|_0.069_|1.606|_0.067_|
|<br>_Household Demographic (before migration)_|||||||
|Household size|5.683|_0.050_|5.803|_0.114_|6.491|_0.107_|
|Share of children age 0-3|0.092|_0.002_|0.066|_0.004_|0.091|_0.004_|
|Share of children age 4-7|0.101|_0.003_|0.062|_0.004_|0.099|_0.005_|
|Share of children age 8-15|0.192|_0.004_|0.149|_0.007_|0.163|_0.006_|
|Share of adult men 16-64|0.031|_0.002_|0.080|_0.007_|0.040|_0.004_|
|Share of women 16-64|0.286|_0.003_|0.279|_0.006_|0.279|_0.004_|
|Share of elderly age 65+|0.298|_0.003_|0.364|_0.007_|0.328|_0.006_|
|<br>Number of married couples|1.314|_0.014_|1.205|_0.034_|1.491|_0.034_|
|<br>Maximum education of women|1.011|_0.027_|1.035|_0.057_|1.052|_0.052_|
|_Ethnicity_|||||||
|<br>Brahman/Chhetri|0.290|_0.009_|0.356|_0.021_|0.349|_0.019_|
|Dalit|0.073|_0.005_|0.058|_0.010_|0.113|_0.013_|
|Newar|0.086|_0.006_|0.076|_0.012_|0.032|_0.007_|
|Terai-Hill Janajatis|0.273|_0.009_|0.283|_0.020_|0.233|_0.017_|
|<br>Muslim \ Other Minorities|0.279|_0.009_|0.227|_0.018_|0.273|_0.018_|
|_Land holdings a year ago_|||||||
|Landless households|0.246|_0.009_|0.232|_0.018_|0.174|_0.015_|
|Farm plot < 0.5 hectares|0.366|_0.010_|0.374|_0.021_|0.402|_0.019_|
|Farm plot: 0.5-1 hectares|0.211|_0.008_|0.190|_0.017_|0.224|_0.017_|
|Farm plot 1-2 hectares|0.121|_0.007_|0.131|_0.015_|0.141|_0.014_|
|Farm plot > 2 hectares|0.056|_0.005_|0.073|_0.011_|0.059|_0.009_|
|_Lagged durable asset index_|||||||
|No assets<br>|0.397|_0.010_|0.409|_0.022_|0.431|_0.020_|
|Asset poor (1 – 33<sup>th</sup>percentile)<br>|0.222|_0.008_|0.246|_0.019_|0.212|_0.016_|
|(33<sup>th</sup>- 66<sup>th</sup>percentile)|0.209|_0.008_|0.216|_0.018_|0.212|_0.016_|
|Asset rich (66<sup>th</sup>- 100<sup>th</sup>percentile)|0.172|_0.008_|0.129|_0.015_|0.144|_0.014_|
|_Geography dummies_|||||||
|Katmandu|0.075|_0.005_|0.034|_0.008_|0.018|_0.005_|
|Other urban areas|0.107|_0.006_|0.128|_0.015_|0.084|_0.011_|
|Rural Western mountains/hills|0.172|_0.008_|0.170|_0.016_|0.359|_0.019_|
|Rural Eastern mountains/hills|0.226|_0.008_|0.260|_0.019_|0.111|_0.012_|
|Rural Western Terai|0.142|_0.007_|0.127|_0.015_|0.148|_0.014_|
|Rural Eastern Terai|0.278|_0.009_|0.281|_0.020_|0.280|_0.018_|
|Log Distance to market center|2.095|_0.028_|2.024|_0.057_|2.220|_0.048_|
|Per capita pension transfers|0.389|_0.050_|0.345|_0.094_|0.655|_0.116_|
|<br>_Ward level variables_|||||||
|% illiterate, among age 15+|0.560|_0.004_|0.542|_0.009_|0.569|_0.009_|
|<br>% literate or 1-4 years of education|0.180|_0.002_|0.191|_0.005_|0.187|_0.005_|
|<br>% completed 5-7 years of education|0.108|_0.001_|0.114|_0.003_|0.114|_0.003_|
|<br>% employed in wage job|0.145|_0.003_|0.127|_0.005_|0.141|_0.005_|
|<br>% self employed|0.462|_0.005_|0.492|_0.010_|0.482|_0.009_|
|<br>Average log expenditure|8.896|_0.007_|8.897|_0.014_|8.826|_0.013_|
|<br>Gini coefficient|0.312|_0.001_|0.312|_0.003_|0.304|_0.003_|
|Casualtiesfromconflict, district level|0.565|_0.014_|0.522|_0.023_|0.611|_0.027_|
|_Number of Observations_|2,46|4|52|3|63|3|

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