Table 1 Selected characteristics of...

Table 1

Selected characteristics of employed women versus employed men in the two samples

	2010		2016
	Females	Males	Females	Males
Observations	3,018	4,543	3,538	4,970
Average hourly income (VND 1,000)	13.87	15.51	27.52	30.52
% married^a	74.29	72.38	99.27	99.38
% household heads	19.09	48.40	14.73	48.29
Average household size (number of people)	4.31	4.36	4.38	4.32
Average dependency ratio^b	27.71	26.03	29.96	27.89
% migrants^c	2.68	2.05	1.16	1.11
% urban	42.01	36.19	41.92	38.03
% Kinh ethnic	90.76	89.76	89.88	87.34
Average years of schooling (years)	8.98	8.84	9.33	8.99
Average educational level	2.34	2.17	2.50	2.22

	2010		2016
	Females	Males	Females	Males
Observations	3,018	4,543	3,538	4,970
Average hourly income (VND 1,000)	13.87	15.51	27.52	30.52
% married^a	74.29	72.38	99.27	99.38
% household heads	19.09	48.40	14.73	48.29
Average household size (number of people)	4.31	4.36	4.38	4.32
Average dependency ratio^b	27.71	26.03	29.96	27.89
% migrants^c	2.68	2.05	1.16	1.11
% urban	42.01	36.19	41.92	38.03
% Kinh ethnic	90.76	89.76	89.88	87.34
Average years of schooling (years)	8.98	8.84	9.33	8.99
Average educational level	2.34	2.17	2.50	2.22

Note(s): ^aMarried and currently living with their partners (not widowed, divorced or separated)

^bCalculated as the ratio of the number of dependent people (children and the elderly) to household size

^cIn this study, migrants are defined as those who have been living in their current city/province for less than five years

Source(s): VHLSS 2010 and 2016

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