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Table 1 Summary statistics (Estimation sample; 7,858 observations)

From: Kinky choices, dictators and split might: a non-cooperative model for household consumption and labor supply

 

One child

Two children

Three children

Number of households

2716

3713

1328

Mean child expenditures

$ 3896

$ 4303

$ 4281

Median child expenditures

$ 2257

$ 2790

$ 2880

Mean hourly wage husband

$ 23.42

$ 24.66

$ 24.30

Median hourly wage husband

$ 19.57

$ 20.77

$ 20.06

Mean hourly wage wife

$ 16.39

$ 16.41

$ 15.12

Median hourly wage wife

$ 14.27

$ 13.91

$ 12.51

Wife in labor force

81.52%

77.16%

70.63%