Variables | 1985 dataset | 1995 dataset | ||||||
Mean | SD | Max | Min | Mean | SD | Max | Min | |
Continuous/Numeric variables |
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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 |
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Dummy/Categorical variables |
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Gender of household head |
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Male | 14,814 | 90.5 | 12,585 | 85.7 | ||||
Female | 1562 | 9.5 | 2103 | 14.3 | ||||
Education level of household head |
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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 |
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Own | 12,687 | 77.5 | 12,247 | 83.4 | ||||
Rent | 3689 | 22.5 | 2441 | 16.6 | ||||
Business use |
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No | 14,738 | 90.0 | 13,765 | 93.7 | ||||
Yes | 1638 | 10.0 | 923 | 6.3 | ||||
Number of floors |
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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 |
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Variables | 2005 dataset | 2015 dataset | ||||||
Mean | SD | Max | Min | Mean | SD | Max | Min | |
Continuous/Numeric variables |
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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 |