Table 3 Descriptive statistics and socioeconomic characteristics for the rural sample
Variable | 2002 | 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obs | Mean | Std. dev | Obs | Mean | Std. dev | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 4674 | 0.60 | 3657 | 0.50 | ||
Female | 3065 | 0.40 | 3735 | 0.50 | ||
Age, years | 7739 | 30.75 | 19.53 | 7392 | 33.65 | 20.34 |
0–14 | 2107 | 7.75 | 4.32 | 1711 | 7.92 | 4.49 |
15–44 | 3608 | 29.54 | 8.22 | 3455 | 30.49 | 9.32 |
45–59 | 1345 | 51.39 | 4.13 | 1336 | 51.88 | 4.33 |
60 + | 679 | 67.70 | 6.35 | 890 | 68.02 | 6.26 |
Average number of household members | 1972 | 4.97 | 1.95 | 1979 | 4.22 | 1.42 |
Equivalent household expenditure | 1972 | 2483.21 | 8740.46 | 1979 | 3550.68 | 2767.75 |
Equivalent household OOP expenditure | 1972 | 388.56 | 1516.20 | 1979 | 506.68 | 963.98 |
Health insurance | ||||||
None | 6677 | 0.86 | 398 | 0.05 | ||
Any | 1062 | 0.14 | 6994 | 0.95 | ||