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Table 2 Household demographic characteristics

From: Remittances and labor supply in post-conflict Tajikistan

Variable

Full sample

Non conflict region

Conflict region

Difference in means (2)-(3)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Household head characteristics

    

Age, years

48.88

48.67

49.01

−0.34

HH head is female (indicator)

0.20

0.18

0.21

−0.02 ***

Married (indicator)

0.77

0.78

0.77

0.01*

Education

11.07

11.28

10.93

0.36***

Worked last 14 days (indicator)

0.67

0.69

0.66

0.03 ***

In the workforce (indicator)

0.70

0.73

0.68

0.05 ***

Not employed last 14 days (indicator)

0.29

0.27

0.31

−0.04 ***

Total monthly earnings (all types), somoni

30.49

31.34

29.93

1.41

Monthly wages (monetary), somoni

28.93

28.82

29.00

−0.18

Migrated abr for 3+ months since 1998

0.09

0.08

0.10

−0.02 ***

Mean number of months spent abroad

4.31

3.73

4.74

−1.01 **

Household characteristics

    

Household size

6.38

5.90

6.68

−0.78 ***

Dependents (under 16 & 66+)/(Adults 16-65)

1.02

0.89

1.10

−0.22 ***

N of children ages 0 – 6

1.14

0.97

1.25

−0.28 ***

N of children ages 7 - 15

1.49

1.25

1.65

−0.40 ***

N of elderly 66 and above

0.24

0.24

0.24

−0.01

ln (non-wage income)

0.95

0.95

0.95

0.00 ***

Adults age 16-65 in a household

3.50

3.44

3.54

−0.09

N currently at home migrants

0.27

0.23

0.29

−0.05 **

has a migrant who was abr for 3+ months since 1998

0.20

0.17

0.21

−0.04 ***

Community characteristics

    

SR: all men to women in 1989

1.01

0.97

1.03

−0.05 ***

SR: all men to women in 2000

1.00

1.00

1.01

−0.01 ***

SR: men to women age 15-64 in 1989

1.00

0.97

1.03

−0.06 ***

SR: men to women age 15-64 in 2000

0.99

0.99

1.00

−0.01 ***

Proportion of households with migrants in psu

0.20

0.17

0.21

−0.04 ***

Kulob

0.09

0.03

0.13

 

Kurgan-Tube

0.21

0.00

0.34

 

Sugd

0.35

0.90

0.00

 

GBAO

0.03

0.08

0.00

 

RRS

0.19

0.00

0.32

 

Dushanbe

0.13

0.00

0.22

 

N

4160

1780

2380

 
  1. Notes: * significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1%. Estimates are weighted by inverse sampling probability. ‘SR’ stands for sex ratio, ‘workforce’ – includes employed and actively looking for work individuals.Data source: Authors calculations using data from TLSS (2003). ‘Conflict region’ as defined in sub-section "Conflict region variable". Sex ratios were calculated population data collected by the State Statistical Committee (2002).