TABLE 1

Descriptive Statistics for Continuous Variables of Paired Sample, Ecuador 2010

	n	Min.	Max.	Mean	Std. Dev.
Wife’s share of couple wealth	182	0.014	0.991	0.476	0.153
Wife’s age	182	23	82	52.76	12.574
Husband’s age	182	23	90	57.17	12.784
Age difference^{^a}	182	−7	29	4.41	5.451
Wife’s years of schooling	182	0	18	4.47	3.607
Husband’s years of schooling	182	0	18	5.68	3.953
Difference in years of schooling^{^a}	182	−9	12	1.21	3.347
Number of other adults in household^{^b}	182	0	6	1.19	1.282
Ratio of women to men in household	182	0	4	0.77	0.541
Ratio of dependents to working‐age adults in household	182	0	2	0.16	0.320
Difference between husband’s and wife’s parents’ literacy	182	−2	2	−0.07	0.762
Difference between husband’s and wife’s parents’ assets	182	−1	1	0.03	0.634

Source: Data from EAFF 2010.
↵a This is the difference between men’s and women’s age and years of schooling (husband–wife).
↵b Number of adults besides the principal couple.