Table 5 Household Characteristics in Paraguay and Honduras (2003), by Poverty Status.
From: Poverty, vulnerability, and the middle class in Latin America
Characteristic in 2003 | Paraguay | Honduras | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chronic poor | Transient poor | Not poor | Chronic poor | Transient poor | Not Poor | |
% of population | 43.1 | 8.7 | 48.2 | 64.3 | 4.1 | 31.6 |
Household head (share) | ||||||
Male | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.72 |
Single | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.27 |
Adult members (number) | ||||||
Self-employed | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.45 | 0.76 | 0.52 | 0.30 |
Salaried | 0.48 | 1.11 | 1.48 | 0.74 | 1.30 | 1.44 |
Unemployed | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
Inactive | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 1.13 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
Primary education or less | 1.24 | 0.69 | 0.25 | 1.12 | 0.59 | 0.26 |
Incomplete secondary educ. | 0.46 | 0.79 | 0.65 | 0.27 | 1.03 | 1.10 |
Complete secondary educ. | 0.16 | 0.51 | 0.82 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.12 |
Incomplete tertiary educ. | 0.05 | 0.27 | 0.66 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 0.60 |
Complete tertiary educ. | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.38 |
Children (aged 0–5) | 1.17 | 0.72 | 0.48 | 1.16 | 0.74 | 0.49 |
Children (aged 6–14) | 2.01 | 1.20 | 0.85 | 1.99 | 1.19 | 0.96 |
Elderly (65 and older) | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.25 |
Members (total) | 6.55 | 5.34 | 4.66 | 6.50 | 5.14 | 4.59 |
Rural (share) | 0.69 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.73 | 0.17 | 0.06 |