# **Table A2: Description of Survey and Administrative Data**

## **Summary statistics**

||**Source**|**(1) Mean**|**(2) Standard**<br>**deviation**|**(3) Skewness**|**(4) Autogregressive**<br>**parameter from DF**<br>**regression, no time**<br>**trends**<br>|**(5) Autogregressive**<br>**parameter from DF**<br>**regression, linear**<br>**time trends**|**(6)**<br>**Z Statistic from**<br>**Harris Tsavalis Unit**<br>**Root Test (linear time**<br>**trends)**|**(7)**<br>**P-value from Harris**<br>**Tsavalis Unit Root**<br>**Test (linear time**<br>**trends)**|<br>**(8)**<br>**Fixed-N exact critical**<br>**value for the Im-**<br>**Pesaran-Shin test at**<br>**the 5% level (linear**<br>**time trends)**|**(9)**<br>**Fixed-N Im-Pesaran-**<br>**Shin Test statistic**|**(10)**<br>**N**|
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|**Demographic and Socio-economic Characteristics**||||||||||||
|What do you think is recorded as the population of [INSERT WOREDA] according to official administrative data in the<br>Census of 2007 Gregorian Calendaar (1999/2000 Ethiopian Calendar)?|Census 2007|99,605|61,868|1.19|||||||740|
|What do you think is recorded as the percentage of rural inhabitants of [INSERT WOREDA] according to official<br>administrative data in the Census of 2007 Gregorian Calendar (1999/2000 Ethiopian Calendar)?|Census 2007|0.84|0.26|-2.66|||||||726|
|What do you think is recorded as the unemployment rate of [INSERT WOREDA] according to official administrative<br>data in the Census of 2007 Gregorian Calendar (1999/2000 Ethiopian Calendar)?|Census 2007|4.07|5.63|2.21|||||||740|
|What do you think the primary (grades 1-8) enrolment numbers are for [INSERT WOREDA] according to official<br>administrative data?<br>**Education indicators**|EMIS 2006/07-2013/14|21,929|14,020|1.06|0.61|0.05|-12.36|0.00|-2.34|-2.63|705|
|What do you think the primary (grades 1-8) pupil-section ratio is for [INSERT WOREDA] according to official<br>administrative data?|EMIS 2006/07-2013/14|57.17|26.71|5.32|0.41|-0.03|||||705|
|<br>What do you think the primary (grades 1-8) pupils-per-school ratio is for [INSERT WOREDA] according to official<br>administrative data?|EMIS 2006/07-2013/14|550|229|1.61|0.57|0.16|-5.46|0.00|-2.34|-2.79|705|
|What do you think the primary (grades 1-8) pupil-teacher ratio is for [INSERT WOREDA] according to official<br>administrative data?|EMIS 2006/07-2013/14|97.61|354|15.1|-0.15|0.02|||||467|
|What do you think the Proportion of pregnant women who attended ANC4+ during the current pregnancy is for<br>[INSERT WOREDA] according to official administrative data (the baseline of the 2007 Core Plan)?<br>**Health indicators**|HSDP Core Plan 2008/09-<br>2013/14|0.51|0.29|0.08|-0.13|-0.53|-6.81|0.00|||688|
|What do you think the Contraceptive Acceptance Rate is for [INSERT WOREDA] according to official administrative<br>data (the baseline of the 2007 Core Plan)?|HSDP Core Plan 2008/09-<br>2013/14|0.59|0.29|-0.23|-0.19|-0.52|-6.38|0.00|||688|
|What do you think the Rate of Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel is for [INSERT WOREDA] district<br>government according to official administrative data (the baseline of the 2007 Core Plan)?|HSDP Core Plan 2008/09-<br>2013/14|0.33|0.22|2.62|-0.19|-0.60|-8.26|0.00|||688|
|What do you think the Proportion of infants fully immunized is for [INSERT WOREDA] according to official<br>administrative data (the baseline of the 2007 Core Plan)?|HSDP Core Plan 2008/09-<br>2013/14|0.74|0.22|-1.24|-0.08|-0.57|-8.06|0.00|||688|
|**Agriculture indicators**||||||||||||
|How much land do you think is used for agricultural purposes for [INSERT WOREDA] district government according to<br>data from the WCBS?|WCBS Round III (2009/10) &<br>Round V (2012/13)|29,366|33,892|6.49|1.01|1.01|||||203|
|How much land do you think is used for pastoral purposes for [INSERT WOREDA] according to data from the WCBS?|WCBS Round III (2009/10) &<br>Round V (2012/13)|27,009|75,005|5.97|1.00|1.00|||||195|
|What do you think is the agricultural income per household per year in [INSERT WOREDA] according to data from the<br>WCBS?|<br>WCBS Round III (2009/10) &<br>Round V (2012/13)|11,738|15,868|4.58|0.32|0.32|||||146|
|What do you think is the share of households dependent on subsistence agriculture in [INSERT WOREDA] according<br>to data from the WCBS?|<br>WCBS Round III (2009/10) &<br>Round V (2012/13)|24.29|23.23|1.56|0.92|0.92|||||132|
|**Revenue indicators**||||||||||||
|How many tax identification numbers do you think were issued in the last financial year according to data from the<br>WCBS for [INSERT WOREDA]?|WCBS Round III (2009/10) &<br>Round V (2012/13)|425|478|2.42|0.33|0.33|||||146|
|What proportion of income for this district government do you think is received from regional recurrent block grants<br>according to data from the WCBS for [INSERT WOREDA]?|WCBS Round III (2009/10) &<br>Round V (2012/13)|0.81|0.18|-1.97|-0.22|-0.22|||||190|
|What proportion of income for this district government do you think is received from own sources according to data<br>from the WCBS for [INSERT WOREDA]?|WCBS Round III (2009/10) &<br>Round V (2012/13)|0.20|0.15|2.46|-0.08|-0.08|||||177|
|**Trade indicators**||||||||||||
|How many business licenses do you think were issued in the last financial year according to data from the WCBS for<br>[INSERT WOREDA]?|WCBS Round III (2009/10) &<br>Round V (2012/13)|376|481|5.19|1.36|1.36|||||177|
|What do you think is the total revenue collected from issuing and renewing business licenses according to data from<br>the WCBS for [INSERT WOREDA]?|WCBS Round III (2009/10) &<br>Round V (2012/13)|108,473|218,841|8.69|0.32|0.32|||||172|
|What is the amount of regular working hours for a civil servants according to the Civil Service Proclamation?<br> <br>**Civil Service Rules**|Civil Servants Proclamation|39||||||||||
|(Paragraph 32)<br>||||||||||||
|What is the allowed amount of annual leave in the first year of service according to the Civil Service Proclamation?||||||||||||
|(Paragraph 37, Item 1)<br>|Civil Servants Proclamation|20||||||||||
|What is the maximum amount of annual leave for a civil servant who has served for more than one year according to<br>the Civil Service Proclamation? (Paragraph 37 Item 2)|Civil Servants Proclamation|30||||||||||
|,<br>What is the allowed amount of maternity leave according to the Civil Service Proclamation? (Paragraph 41, Item 2)|Civil Servants Proclamation|90||||||||||
|What are the types of different disciplinary actions that a civil servant can face for the breach of discipline according to<br>th Ciil Si Plti? Ph 67|Civil Servants Proclamation|6||||||||||
|e v ervce rocamaon (aragrap )<br>What is the notice time required before resigningaccordingto the Civil Service Proclamation?(Paragraph 78,Item 1)|Civil Servants Proclamation|30||||||||||

**Notes:** The unit of observation is the distict.  EMIS is the Education Management Information System of the Ministry of Education, Ethiopia.  HSDP is the Health Sector Development Plan of the Ministry of Health, Ethiopia.  WCBS is the District government and City Benchmarking Survey, undertaken by the Ministry of Public Service and Human Resource Development and World Bank.  Skewness refers to Pearson's moment coefficient of skewness.  Column 4 repo teacher ratio are not displayed due to gaps in the panel series; test statistics and autoregressive parameters are not shows for the demographic indicators as these are from a single observation from the census of 2007; test statistics and autoregressive parameters are not shows for the agriculture, revenue, or trade indicators as these are from a a two-period panel dataset, with insufficent observations to conduct the tests.  Figures are rounded to two decimal places.