Variables

1985 dataset

1995 dataset

Mean

SD

Max

Min

Mean

SD

Max

Min

Continuous/Numeric variables

Age of household head

41.85

12.29

90

16

44.44

13.21

94

15

Household size

4.60

1.94

21

1

3.93

1.73

16

1

Number of elderly members

0.22

0.51

3

0

0.34

0.62

4

0

Number of wage earners

1.82

1.08

9

0

1.71

1.05

8

0

Household income (thousand NT dollars)

514.76

297.89

5061

1.59

981.10

624.73

13,413

5.69

Housing area (m2)

99.71

52.70

892

1.50

122.56

68.84

2148

3.31

Number of televisions

1.05

0.33

5

0

1.29

1.02

8

0

Number of water heaters

0.72

0.53

4

0

1.02

0.39

5

0

Number of air conditioners

0.30

0.62

7

0

1.13

1.12

10

0

Number of washing machines

0.79

0.43

10

0

0.94

0.29

3

0

N

%

N

%

Dummy/Categorical variables

Gender of household head

Male

14,814

90.5

12,585

85.7

Female

1562

9.5

2103

14.3

Education level of household head

Less than junior high school*

7691

47.0

4809

32.7

Junior high school

2587

15.8

2553

17.4

Senior high school

3477

21.2

4024

27.4

Bachelors or graduate degree

2621

16.0

3302

22.5

Ownership

Own

12,687

77.5

12,247

83.4

Rent

3689

22.5

2441

16.6

Business use

No

14,738

90.0

13,765

93.7

Yes

1638

10.0

923

6.3

Number of floors

1 floor*

5650

45.8

2967

20.2

2 - 3 floors

6633

35.7

6307

42.9

4 - 5 floors

3611

16.9

3948

26.9

>5 floors

482

1.6

1466

10.0

Total observations

16,376

14,688

Variables

2005 dataset

2015 dataset

Mean

SD

Max

Min

Mean

SD

Max

Min

Continuous/Numeric variables

Age of household head

48.96

14.39

96

16

52.27

14.81

101

16

Household size

3.39

1.58

13

1

3.09

1.48

15

1