On intergenerational (im)mobility in Latin America

Daude, Christian; Robano, Virginia

doi:10.1007/s40503-015-0030-x

Latin American Economic Review

Table 7 Summary statistics by country

From: On intergenerational (im)mobility in Latin America

Variable	Obs	Mean	Std. Dev.	Min	Max	Variable	Obs	Mean	Std. Dev.	Min	Max
Argentina						Bolivia
Own education	1200	10.40	3.61	0	16	Own education	1200	8.14	5.07	0	16
Parental education	1068	7.57	4.18	0	16	Parental education	1027	4.83	5.17	0	16
White	1111	0.78	0.42	0	1	White	1139	0.04	0.21	0	1
Female	1200	0.53	0.50	0	1	Female	1200	0.50	0.50	0	1
Parent income decile	1045	4.95	1.85	1	10	Parent income decile	1099	4.10	1.86	1	10
Brazil						Colombia
Own education	1204	7.66	4.68	0	16	Own education	1200	9.08	4.82	0	16
Parental education	1143	4.33	4.33	0	16	Parental education	1158	5.12	4.56	0	16
White	1193	0.48	0.50	0	1	White	1047	0.29	0.45	0	1
Female	1204	0.52	0.50	0	1	Female	1200	0.63	0.48	0	1
Parent income decile	1128	4.64	1.97	1	10	Parent income decile	962	4.03	2.24	1	10
Costa Rica						Chile
Own education	1000	7.84	4.39	0	16	Own education	1200	10.64	3.92	0	16
Parental education	826	4.77	4.10	0	16	Parental education	1040	8.40	4.54	0	16
White	916	0.47	0.50	0	1	White	1133	0.72	0.45	0	1
Female	1000	0.50	0.50	0	1	Female	1200	0.53	0.50	0	1
Parent income decile	833	5.44	1.91	1	10	Parent income decile	1117	4.41	1.61	1	10
Dominican Republic						Ecuador
Own education	1000	8.22	4.77	0	16	Own education	1200	8.05	4.75	0	16
Parental education	687	5.46	4.92	0	16	Parental education	1182	5.44	4.65	0	16
White	988	0.15	0.36	0	1	White	1119	0.09	0.29	0	1
Female	1000	0.50	0.50	0	1	Female	1200	0.50	0.50	0	1
Parent income decile	914	4.06	1.71	1	10	Parent income decile	1123	4.20	1.95	1	10
El Salvador						Guatemala
Own education	1000	6.70	5.00	0	16	Own education	1000	4.51	4.56	0	16
Parental education	963	2.60	4.25	0	16	Parental education	834	2.49	3.96	0	16
White	926	0.11	0.32	0	1	White	923	0.15	0.35	0	1
Female	1000	0.53	0.50	0	1	Female	1000	0.50	0.50	0	1
Parent income decile	765	4.33	2.31	1	10	Parent income decile	801	3.58	2.07	1	10
Honduras						Mexico
Own education	1000	6.04	4.08	0	16	Own education	1200	8.61	4.82	0	16
Parental education	910	2.76	3.78	0	16	Parental education	1193	5.03	5.05	0	16
White	949	0.19	0.39	0	1	White	887	0.12	0.33	0	1
Female	1000	0.50	0.50	0	1	Female	1200	0.52	0.50	0	1
Parent income decile	843	4.06	2.29	1	10	Parent income decile	1018	4.59	2.15	1	10
Nicaragua						Panama
Own education	1000	5.53	4.72	0	16	Own education	1000	8.05	4.78	0	16
Parental education	907	3.61	4.56	0	16	Parental education	820	4.45	4.98	0	16
White	915	0.09	0.28	0	1	White	984	0.18	0.39	0	1
Female	1000	0.51	0.50	0	1	Female	1000	0.50	0.50	0	1
Parent income decile	865	3.36	2.31	1	10	Parent income decile	804	4.43	2.15	1	10
Paraguay						Peru
Own education	1200	8.89	4.21	0	16	Own education	1200	9.07	4.79	0	16
Parental education	995	6.19	4.24	0	16	Parental education	1162	6.28	5.30	0	16
White	838	0.47	0.50	0	1	White	1082	0.07	0.25	0	1
Female	1200	0.50	0.50	0	1	Female	1200	0.50	0.50	0	1
Parent income decile	1122	4.47	1.94	1	10	Parent income decile	1093	3.83	2.04	1	10
Uruguay						Venezuela
Own education	1200	8.74	3.73	0	16	Own education	1200	10.62	4.04	0	16
Parental education	1010	6.77	3.74	0	16	Parental education	1161	7.36	4.73	0	16
White	1164	0.87	0.34	0	1	White	1094	0.34	0.47	0	1
Female	1200	0.53	0.50	0	1	Female	1200	0.50	0.50	0	1
Parent income decile	1023	5.07	2.08	1	10	Parent income decile	1057	5.00	1.75	1	10

White is a binary variable indicating self-reported racial origin—question s11; Female is a binary variable indicating whether individual is female; PID stands for parent income 10-quantile classification—question p12stb

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