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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Understanding the ability of households to cope with economic shocks: an empirical study of Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic

Variable

Full Model (n = 3456)

Rural Model (n = 1036)

Urban Model (n = 2420)

Delta (Urban – Rural)

AffectedHH

0.280 (0.449)

0.268

(0.443)

0.284

(0.451)

0.016

Food security

Foodreduction

0.698

(0.459)

0.712

(0.453)

0.692

(0.462)

− 0.02

Lowqualityfood

0.754

(0.431)

0.764

(0.425)

0.749

(0.434)

− 0.015

Debt burden

Loanrelatives

0.443

(0.497)

0.401

(0.490)

0.461

(0.499)

0.06

Loanemployer

0.120

(0.325)

0.149

(0.356)

0.107

(0.310)

− 0.042

Loanbanks

0.045

(0.208)

0.035

(0.183)

0.050

(0.218)

0.015

Communityassistance

0.128

(0.334)

0.095

(0.293)

0.142

(0.349)

0.047

Loandeferment

0.218

(0.413)

0.191

(0.393)

0.230

(0.421)

0.039

Energy poverty

Electricitydefault

0.404

(0.491)

0.375

(0.484)

0.417

(0.493)

0.042

Gasdefault

0.269

(0.443)

0.179

(0.383)

0.307

(0.462)

0.128

Essentials

Nonfoodreduction

0.839

(0.367)

0.810

(0.393)

0.852

(0.355)

0.042

Schooldropout

0.168

(0.374)

0.102

(0.303)

0.196

(0.397)

0.094

Displacement

0.035

(0.184)

0.030

(0.170)

0.037

(0.189)

0.007

Capital flight

Productiveassets

0.057

(0.232)

0.059

(0.236)

0.056

(0.230)

− 0.003

Savings

0.723

(0.448)

0.618

(0.486)

0.767

(0.423)

0.149

HHassets

0.077

(0.266)

0.058

(0.234)

0.085

(0.279)

0.027

Productivecattle

0.083

(0.276)

0.172

(0.377)

0.045

(0.207)

− 0.127

Stockseed

0.024

(0.154)

0.045

(0.208)

0.015

(0.123)

− 0.03

Soldland

0.010

(0.100)

0.008

(0.088)

0.011

(0.105)

0.003

Controls

YoungHH

0.503

(0.500)

0.481

(0.500)

0.513

(0.500)

0.032

MaledominatedHH

0.679

(0.467)

0.656

(0.475)

0.688

(0.463)

0.032

EducatedHH

0.364

(0.481)

0.346

(0.476)

0.372

(0.483)

0.026

AboveavgHHincome

0.401

(0.490)

0.355

(0.479)

0.421

(0.494)

0.066

Remittances

0.034

(0.181)

0.031

(0.173)

0.035

(0.184)

0.004

Charity

0.401

(0.490)

0.384

(0.487)

0.408

(0.492)

0.024

RuralHH

0.300

(0.458)

   

KP

0.131

(0.337)

   

Punjab

0.318

(0.466)

   

Sindh

0.326

(0.469)

   

Balochistan

0.120

(0.325)

   
  1. The standard deviations are in parentheses. All the variables in the three models have max = 1.000 and min = 0.000
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