Descriptive statistics
| Variable | Urban regions (n = 2,103) | Peri-urban regions (n = 745) | Rural regions (n = 539) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descriptive statistics for continuous variables | ||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Wages | 3063.6 | 4570.4 | 3240.9 | 4098.8 | 2203.8 | 3,956 |
| Log wage | 7.3 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 2.6 |
| Age | 35.6 | 10.8 | 34.5 | 10.7 | 33.7 | 11.7 |
| Hours | 189.1 | 61.1 | 177.3 | 78.6 | 171.6 | 77.2 |
| Experience | 5.9 | 7 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 7.4 |
| Average monthly wages by education level | ||||||
| Primary | 967.8 | 884.2 | 1706.6 | 3603.5 | 620.9 | 1392.3 |
| Secondary | 2414.3 | 3539.1 | 2298.3 | 3050.3 | 1802.9 | 2491.8 |
| Tertiary | 7061.9 | 6643.9 | 6784.6 | 4477.6 | 5674.5 | 6446.7 |
| Variable | Urban regions ( | Peri-urban regions ( | Rural regions ( | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descriptive statistics for continuous variables | ||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Wages | 3063.6 | 4570.4 | 3240.9 | 4098.8 | 2203.8 | 3,956 |
| Log wage | 7.3 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 2.6 |
| Age | 35.6 | 10.8 | 34.5 | 10.7 | 33.7 | 11.7 |
| Hours | 189.1 | 61.1 | 177.3 | 78.6 | 171.6 | 77.2 |
| Experience | 5.9 | 7 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 7.4 |
| Primary | 967.8 | 884.2 | 1706.6 | 3603.5 | 620.9 | 1392.3 |
| Secondary | 2414.3 | 3539.1 | 2298.3 | 3050.3 | 1802.9 | 2491.8 |
| Tertiary | 7061.9 | 6643.9 | 6784.6 | 4477.6 | 5674.5 | 6446.7 |
| Descriptive statistics for categorical variables | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| Married | 1,261 | 60 | 486 | 65.2 | 326 | 60.5 |
| Union membership | 186 | 26.4 | 186 | 26.5 | 138 | 28 |
| Head of house | 1,422 | 67.6 | 528 | 70.9 | 341 | 63.3 |
| Child care | 408 | 19.5 | 288 | 40.1 | 223 | 44.3 |
| Bad health | 134 | 6.4 | 80 | 11.1 | 121 | 24 |
| Worse health | 86 | 4.1 | 68 | 9.5 | 58 | 11.5 |
| Level of education | ||||||
| Primary | 343 | 16.7 | 173 | 23.7 | 161 | 31.6 |
| Secondary | 1,290 | 63 | 372 | 51 | 234 | 46 |
| Tertiary | 419 | 20.3 | 184 | 25.3 | 115 | 22.4 |
| Gender distribution | ||||||
| Women | 653 | 31.1 | 217 | 29.1 | 174 | 32.3 |
| Men | 1,450 | 69 | 528 | 70.9 | 365 | 67.7 |
| Descriptive statistics for categorical variables | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| Married | 1,261 | 60 | 486 | 65.2 | 326 | 60.5 |
| Union membership | 186 | 26.4 | 186 | 26.5 | 138 | 28 |
| Head of house | 1,422 | 67.6 | 528 | 70.9 | 341 | 63.3 |
| Child care | 408 | 19.5 | 288 | 40.1 | 223 | 44.3 |
| Bad health | 134 | 6.4 | 80 | 11.1 | 121 | 24 |
| Worse health | 86 | 4.1 | 68 | 9.5 | 58 | 11.5 |
| Primary | 343 | 16.7 | 173 | 23.7 | 161 | 31.6 |
| Secondary | 1,290 | 63 | 372 | 51 | 234 | 46 |
| Tertiary | 419 | 20.3 | 184 | 25.3 | 115 | 22.4 |
| Women | 653 | 31.1 | 217 | 29.1 | 174 | 32.3 |
| Men | 1,450 | 69 | 528 | 70.9 | 365 | 67.7 |
Source(s): Authors’ own work
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