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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Summary of descriptive statistics (continuous variables)

From: Determinants of women participation in income generating activities: evidence from Ethiopia

Variable

Participants

Non participants

Total household

t test

Mean

STD

Mean

STD

Mean

STD

Age

41.37

5.8

47.85

9.2

45.55

8.7

4.7***

Family size

4.75

1.61

5.91

1.28

5.44

1.49

4.5***

Education (husband)

5.8

3.1

2.55

2.2

3.73

3.04

7.7***

Education (wife)

3.7

1.98

0.8

1.13

1.13

1.13

11.8***

Land holding

0.48

0.24

0.53

0.24

0.51

0.24

1.29

Livestock

3.62

1.13

2.39

2.07

3.47

1.79

0.73

Market distance

1.79

0.79

3.73

1.44

3.05

1.56

0.73

  1. ***p < 0.01