||Rural|Rural|Urban|Urban|Poor|Poor|Non-poor|Non-poor|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Girls|Boys|Girls|Boys|Girls|Boys|Girls|Boys|
|_Individual Charact_|_eristics:_||||||||
|Age|0.092<br>|0.054|0.055|-0.016|0.076|**0.282**|0.049|-0.031|
||(0.058)|(0.048)|(0.053)|(0.030)|(0.119)|(0.120)|(0.047)|(0.035)|
|Age Squared|-0.003|-0.002|-0.002|0.001|-0.003|**-0.012**|-0.001|0.001|
||(0.003)|(0.002)|(0.002)|(0.001)|(0.005)|(0.005)|90.002)|(0.002)|
|Child of|-0.016|0.027|**-0.106**|0.003|0.042|**0.065**|**-0.153**|**-0.038**|
|Household Head|(0.016)|(0.012)|(0.018)|(0.007)|(0.029)|(0.020)|(0.028)|(0.020)|
|Disabled|_-0.098_|-0.048|0.069||-0.094|-0.054|||
||_(0.028)_|(0.028)|(0.134)||(0.108)|(0.044)|||
|_Household charact_|_eristics:_||||||||
|Socioeconomic Stat|us of Hous|ehold Head:|||||||
|Private Formal|-0.012|-0.041|0.057|0.012|||0.042|-0.010|
|Sector Employee|(0.065)|(0.047)|(0.035)|(0.026)|||(0.036)|(0.011)|
|Private Informal|_0.141_|0.036|-0.037|**0.187**||0.898|0.022||
|Sector Employee|_(0.090)_|(0.088)|(0.020)|(0.092)||(0.020)|(0.041)||
|Self-employed,|**0.108**|**0.083**|_0.044_|0.045|_0.164_|0.700|0.037|0.003|
|Agriculture|**(0.024)**|**(0.021)**|_(0.026)_|(0.028)|_(0.086)_|(0.286)|(0.019)|(0.010)|
|Self-employed,|_0.081_|0.066|0.022|0.018|0.179|_0.981_|0.024|0.005|
|Non-agriculture|_(0.048)_|(0.049)|(0.017)|(0.016)|(0.141)|_(0.031)_|(0.019)|90.0120|
|Unemployed or|0.019|0.025|-0.006|0.051|0.144|_0.966_||0.035|
|<br>Non-active|(0.050)|(0.048)|(0.019)|(0.035)|(0.143)|_(0.033)_||(0.037)|
|Other or|0.083||||||||
|Unknown|_(0.159)_||||||||
|Owns land|0.006|0.022|0.000|**0.008**|0.003|0.012|0.003|-0.010|
||(0.013)|(0.011)|(0.013)|(0.008)|(0.028)|(0.021)|(0.011)|(0.008)|
|Owns Cattle|**0.340**<br>**(0.036)**|**0.283**<br>**(0.031)**|0.030<br>(0.045)|_0.041_<br>_(0.035)_|**0.337**<br>**(0.077)**|**0.250**<br>**(0.058)**|**0.194**<br>**(0.070)**|**0.154**<br>**(0.059)**|
|Owns Sheep|0.031|0.036|-0.003|0.013|0.065|0.059|0.003|-0.003|
||(0.013)|(0.011)|(0.013)|(0.010)|(0.029)|(0.023)|(0.011)|90.007)|
|Poverty Quintile|**-0.039**<br>**(0.005)**|<br>**-0.037**<br>**(0.004)**|<br>-0.002<br>(0.004)|<br>**-0.007**<br>**(0.002)**|||||
|_Community Charac_|_teristics:_||||||||
|Urban Location|||||**-0.124**<br>**(0.028)**|**-0.113**<br>**(0.023)**|0.038<br>(0.018)|_-0.018_<br>_90.008)_|
|Distance to Nearest|:||||||||
|Primary School|**0.020**|**0.015**|-0.002|_-0.005_|**0.035**|**0.016**|**0.011**|0.005|
|<br>(minutes)|**(0.004)**|**90.003)**|(0.005)|_(0.003)_|(0.008)|**(0.006)**|(0.004)|90.003)|
|Secondary School|**0.018**|**0.014**|0.004|-0.001|0.010|0.002|<br>_0.006_|0.003|
|(minutes)|**(0.005)**|**(0.004)**|(0.003)|(0.002)|(0.009)|(0.007)|_(0.003)_|(0.002)|
|<br>Number of|<br>3628|<br>4120|<br>1979|<br>1823|<br>1136|<br>1300|<br>974|1046|
|Observations|||||||||
|Pseudo R<sup>2</sup>|17.7|21.1|7.8|9.5|13.5|20.7|29.0|20.4|
|Log-Likelihood|-1338.4|-1302.9|-490.0|-214.4|-513.3|-501.8|-183.8|-121.0|

_Notes:_ Bold: Statistically significant at I percent; underline: Statistically significant at 5 percent; _cursive:_ Statistically significant at 10 percent; numbers in parentheses are robust Huber-White Sandwich standard errors (see White; 1980).

_Source:_ Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire 1997 (Ghana).

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