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Private transfers, income sources, and household demographics for urban Filipino households. The dataset contains 8,685 observations, with the top 2\

Usage

chj2004

Format

A data frame with 8,685 observations and 28 variables.

tabroad

Transfers received from abroad

tdomestic

Transfers received domestically

tinkind

Transfers received in-kind

tgifts

Gifts and transfers out (gross)

income

Total income

wage

Wage and salary income

entrepreneourial

Entrepreneurial income

rental

Rental income

interest

Interest income

pension

Pension and retirement income

dividend

Dividend income

primary

Primary school graduate (dummy)

somesecondary

Some secondary school (dummy)

secondary

Secondary school graduate (dummy)

someuniversity

Some university education (dummy)

university

University graduate (dummy)

age

Age of household head

female

Female-headed household (dummy)

married

Married household head (dummy)

child1

Number of children aged 1 year or less

child7

Number of children aged 1 to 7 years

child15

Number of children aged 8 to 15 years

size

Household size

bothwork

Both husband and wife work (dummy)

notemployed

Household head not employed (dummy)

marriedf

Married female household head (dummy)

region

Region code (0 through 13)

transfers

Total transfers (tabroad + tdomestic + tinkind - tgifts)

Source

Cox, D., Hansen, B. E., & Jimenez, E. (2004). "How responsive are private transfers to income? Evidence from a laissez-faire economy." Journal of Public Economics, 88(10), 2193-2219.