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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Time goes by so slowly (for those who wait): a field experiment in health care

 

Price offered for the non-waiting time consult (Mexican pesos)

200

250

300

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Paid

0.24***

 

0.12

 

0.06***

 

Waiting time (in minutes)

115.58

[6.40]

111.21

[5.33]

122.59

[6.98]

Age

60.68

[1.86]

61.43

[1.57]

61.78

[1.97]

Gender (male = 1)

0.39

 

0.34

 

0.36

 

Household head

0.42

 

0.36

 

0.41

 

Was accompanied

0.84

 

0.76

 

0.81

 

Responsible for own health decisions

0.58

 

0.51

 

0.53

 

Number of kids

3.16

[0.24]

3.27

[0.22]

3.19

[0.28]

Dirt floor

0.42

 

0.51

 

0.53

 

Observations

95

99

85

  1. Standard errors of means in brackets
  2. * Significant at 10%
  3. ** Significant at 5%
  4. *** Significant at 1% for the test of that category against the rest