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Revista de Análisis Estadístico
Journal of Statistical Analysis
Analítika, Revista de análisis estadístico, (2015), Vol. 9
Impact of Fertility on Female Labor Supply
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Figure 1:
Ecuadorian Fertility and Female Labor Supply. Census 1990-2001-2010
Table 2:
Descriptive Statistics.Women aged 21-35 with 2 or more children. 2010 Census data
Variables
All Women Married
Children ever born
2.731
2.739
(0.967)
(0.974)
More than 2 children
0.481
0.484
(0.5)
(0.5)
Boy first
0.512
0.513
(=1 if first child was a boy)
(0.5)
(0.5)
Boy second
0.509
0.509
(=1 if second child was a boy)
(0.5)
(0.5)
Two boys
0.263
0.263
(=1 if first two children were boys)
(0.44)
(0.44)
Two girls
0.242
0.241
(=1 if first two children were girls)
(0.429)
(0.428)
Same sex
0.505
0.505
(=1 if first two children were the same sex)
(0.5)
(0.5)
Age
29.477
29.42
(3.786)
(3.8)
Age at first birth
19.327 19.378
(3.08)
(3.101)
Schooling
8.855
8.85
(4.36)
(4.37)
Work
0.411
0.378
(=1 if worked at least an hour in last week to census)
(0.492)
(0.485)
Paid work
0.403
0.371
(=1 if worked for pay in last week to census)
(0.491)
(0.483)
Worked outside the home
0.333
0.300
(=1 if worked outside the home)
(0.471)
(0.458)
Paid employment outside the home
0.329
0.297
(=1 if worked for pay and outside the home)
(0.47)
(0.457)
Number of observations
455125 404795
Note: The samples include women aged 21-35 with two or more children except for women whose second
child is less than a year old. Standard deviations in parentheses
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