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Table 4 Descriptive statistics of the pre-matched sample

From: The impact of internal displacement on child mortality in post-earthquake Haiti: a difference-in-differences analysis

Variable

Non-displaced

Non-camp IDP

Camp IDP

Number of households (% of total)

5,008 (65.50 %)

1,871 (24.47 %)

767 (10.03 %)

Number of births (% of total)

20,375 (70.23 %)

6,260 (21.58 %)

2,378 (8.20 %)

Household size, mean

5.94

4.92

3.99

Urban, %

32.12 %

50.40 %

70.14 %

Wealth Index, %

   

 1 = Poorest

28.45 %

14.86 %

0.00 %

 2

22.76 %

16.83 %

8.60 %

 3

16.87 %

21.33 %

73.14 %

 4

16.53 %

26.94 %

17.21 %

 5 = Richest

15.38 %

20.15 %

1.04 %

Land ownership

72.34 %

55.21 %

25.55 %

Household Head

   

 Sex (female), %

39.36 %

43.99 %

58.02 %

 Age, mean

45.25

38.75

35.78

 Highest education attained, secondary and higher, %

24.56 %

39.76 %

41.85 %

Impact of earthquake

   

 Housing destroyed by earthquake, %

26.18 %

46.23 %

86.83 %

 Family member(s) killed, %

1.00 %

5.36 %

9.28 %