Descriptive Statistics: Overall Sample
Variable Mean / % SD N
Panel A: Migration outcomes
International Migrant (=1) 10.85 31.11 90,109
Currently Abroad (=1) 8.29 27.57 90,074
Return Migrant (=1) 3.01 17.09 77,638
Internal Migrant (=1) 5.52 22.83 90,050
Absent from Household (=1) 13.84 34.53 90,109
Panel B: Exposure to conflict (1996-2006)
Months of War (any) 53.57 17.00 90,109
Months of War (fatal) 49.91 16.76 90,109
Casualties (any) 244.64 175.66 90,109
Casualties (fatal) 213.58 159.08 90,109
Panel C: Demographics
Age in 2017 27.70 19.43 90,109
Age at Conflict Start (1996) 6.70 19.43 90,109
Male (=1) 51.24 49.98 90,109
Marital Status (%):
    Divorced 0.07 45
    Married 62.13 38,345
    Never Married 32.21 19,878
    Separated 0.40 248
    Single 5.19 3,201
Panel D: Education
Years of Education 7.43 4.03 61,951
 Education Distribution (%):
    No Education 2.67 1,654
    Primary (1-5) 35.81 22,183
    Secondary (6-12) 56.70 35,129
    Tertiary 4.82 2,985
Panel E: Ethnicity (%)
    Dalit 14.48 13,024
    Hill High Caste 36.92 33,214
    Hill Janajati 27.44 24,690
    Muslim 3.44 3,098
    Terai/Madhesi 17.72 15,937
Panel F: Occupation (%)
    Agriculture 10.25 2,542
    Armed Forces 1.79 445
    Craft & Manufacturing 23.85 5,918
    Elementary/Low Skilled 24.72 6,132
    High Skilled 10.39 2,577
    Service & Clerical 29.00 7,196
Notes:
International Migrant includes individuals abroad at time of survey and those who had been abroad for at least 3 months in the past.
Currently Abroad includes individuals abroad at the time of survey.
Return Migrant includes only individuals who travelled abroad for at least 3 months.
Internal Migrant includes individuals migrating inside the country at the time of survey.
Absent from Household includes all absent individuals at the time of survey.
Distribution percentages within Panels C-F are computed on non-missing observations. Missing counts: Education = 28,158; Ethnicity = 146; Marital Status = 28,392; Occupation = 65,299.
Occupation percentages exclude 2,334 observations coded 'Not Stated' (NSCO code 9999) and 1,726 absent household members whose occupation was not reported by the household respondent.
Source: Nepal Labour Force Survey 2017/18; conflict exposure data from INSEC (1996-2006).