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Table 11 Determinants of the probability that a child does any work

From: Health shocks and child time allocation decisions by households: evidence from Ethiopia

 

Income-generating work

Domestic chores

 

a.m.e

s.e.

a.m.e.

s.e.

Mother ill

− 0.050**

0.018

0.048**

0.009

Father ill

0.042

0.022

0.033**

0.011

Child education

− 0.087**

0.008

− 0.007

0.007

Child age

0.026

0.104

0.212**

0.077

Child sex

0.199**

0.014

− 0.036**

0.008

Mother’s education

0.001

0.004

− 0.001

0.002

Biological mother

0.134**

0.034

− 0.034

0.026

Mother’s age

− 0.002

0.003

− 0.001

0.002

Father’s education

− 0.004

0.003

0.000

0.002

Biological father

− 0.176**

0.025

0.047**

0.018

Father’s age

0.006**

0.002

0.000

0.002

Mother’s power

− 0.065

0.045

0.008

0.025

Male head

0.138**

0.040

− 0.015

0.026

Household size

− 0.003

0.008

0.003

0.005

Wealth index

− 0.244**

0.104

− 0.103

0.067

Owns animal

0.103**

0.032

0.010

0.017

Land size

0.000

0.001

0.000

0.001

Urban

− 0.045

0.025

− 0.042*

0.017

Illness of another person

0.045*

0.019

− 0.016

0.014

Crop failure

0.013

0.019

− 0.018

0.019

Death of livestock

0.035*

0.019

0.006

0.014

Theft

− 0.013

0.024

0.011

0.015

Loss of paid employment

− 0.009

0.028

− 0.020

0.019

Forced eviction

0.055

0.040

− 0.005

0.028

Social group

− 0.010

0.036

− 0.013

0.028

Microfinance

0.012

0.027

0.010

0.021

Drought

0.042*

0.020

0.033**

0.010

Flood

0.014

0.015

− 0.011

0.009

Health centre

− 0.012

0.020

− 0.051**

0.009

I(survey year = 2009)

0.168

0.319

− 0.471**

0.092

  1. The columns headed “a.m.e.” include average marginal effects, with the corresponding standard errors in the columns headed “s.e.” A double asterisk (**) beside a parameter indicates that it is significantly different from zero at the 1% level; a single asterisk (*) indicates significance at the 5% level.