Table 1: Summary Statistics
Post-reform
Variable Mean Pre-reform Post-reform Control (post-reform) Treatment (post-reform)
\\textit{A. Marital status}\\[0.5em]\nMarried 0.98 0.99 0.98 0.93 0.98
Divorced/seperated 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.07 0.02
\\textit{B. Demographics}\\[0.5em]\nAge 34.27 33.00 34.56 42.66 34.15
Age at first marriage 20.29 19.04 20.57 18.94 20.65
Number of children 4.30 5.23 4.09 4.33 4.08
Number of children under 5 1.28 1.70 1.18 0.23 1.23
Number of household members 6.54 7.86 6.24 5.31 6.29
\\textit{C. Educational attainment}\\[0.5em]\nNo Education 0.08 0.19 0.05 0.10 0.05
Primary 0.11 0.19 0.09 0.15 0.09
Secondary 0.54 0.46 0.56 0.55 0.56
Higher 0.27 0.16 0.30 0.19 0.30
\\textit{D. Outcome variables}\\[0.5em]\nCurrently working 0.14 0.12 0.15 0.14 0.15
N 57103.00 10607.00 46496.00 2200.00 44296.00
Notes: This table presents sample means across different groups. The pre-reform period is before 2010, and the post-reform period is 2010 and after.