Table 1 Descriptive statistics for labor participation models for farm woman and farm husband/spouse partner
From: US Farm households: joint decision making and impact of health insurance on labor market outcomes
Means | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Woman with off-farm job | Woman without off-farm job | Spouse with off-farm job | Spouse with no off-farm job |
Age (years) | ||||
Age | 48.14 | 55.62 | 50.63 | 58.08 |
Age squared | 2400.21 | 3246.91 | 2666.24 | 3526.47 |
Presence of: | ||||
Children under 6 years of age (1 = yes) | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.08 |
Children age 6 to 11 years (1 = yes) | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.14 |
Children age 12 to 18 years (1 = yes) | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.20 |
Children over 18 years and away (1 = yes) | 0.31 | 0.19 | 0.30 | 0.21 |
Educational attainment | ||||
High school graduate | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.42 |
Vocational/technical school/some college | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.25 |
College graduate | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
Post graduate | ||||
Reference category: Less than high school | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
Labor market characteristics | ||||
Commuting zone unemployment rate (2000) | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Commuting zone population growth rate (1990–2000) | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 10.2 |
Farm inherited or purchased: | ||||
Through her family | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.16 |
Through his family | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.32 |
Growing up years for farm woman | ||||
In country, but not on farm | 0.13 | 0.13 | 1.89 | 1.94 |
In small town | 0.25 | 0.22 | 1.83 | 1.89 |
Suburban or urban area | ||||
Reference category: Growing up on a farm or ranch | 0.52 | 0.55 | 1.88 | 1.93 |
Farm characteristics | ||||
Land owned (acres) | 266.16 | 585.44 | 155.05 | 680.79 |
Debt-asset ratio | 0.35 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.28 |
ERS farm production regions | ||||
Northern Crescent | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
Eastern Uplands and Mississippi Portal | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.16 |
Southern Seaboard | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
Fruitful Rim | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
Basin and Range | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Reference category: Heartland, Northern Great Plains, Prairie Gateway | ||||