Table 2

Summary Statistics

	No Loss		Any Loss
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Average over All Years
Any mental health illness	0.032	0.177	0.042	0.202
Moderate mental health	0.021	0.144	0.027	0.163
Severe mental health	0.018	0.132	0.024	0.153
Autism diagnosis	0.008	0.091	0.009	0.094
Physical disorder	0.005	0.073	0.006	0.076
Child age	11.727	3.225	11.735	3.221
Grade	6.695	3.220	6.691	3.212
Attends public school	0.889	0.314	0.883	0.321
Average over 2002–2006
Any mental health illness	0.020	0.139	0.025	0.157
Moderate mental health	0.012	0.110	0.016	0.124
Severe mental health	0.011	0.105	0.014	0.118
Autism diagnosis	0.005	0.071	0.005	0.070
Physical disorder	0.005	0.070	0.005	0.072
Transfer income (tax system)	$3,500	$4,000	$3,700	$4,200
2006 Average
Average household earnings	$66,300	$50,000	$53,200	$53,400
Number of household earners	1.517	0.613	1.387	0.652
Number of parents	1.738	0.440	1.671	0.470
Family size	4.142	1.151	4.101	1.271
Mom working	0.890	0.313	0.925	0.263
Average age of parents	40.764	5.654	40.754	6.329
Asian language at home	0.200	0.400	0.222	0.415
Non-English or non-Asian language at home	0.092	0.289	0.092	0.289
Indigenous	0.094	0.291	0.130	0.336
Birth year	1996	2.277	1996	2.277
Gender (Male)	0.512	0.500	0.515	0.500
Number of children (rounded to base 10)	172,000		79,660
N (rounded to base 10)	1,859,630		863,930

Source: British Columbia Ministry of Education Public School Administrative Data File.
Notes. The sample includes children born between 1993 and 2000 and aged 6–17 in years 2002–2015. The no loss group includes children whose families did not lose any income in 2008 or 2009 relative to 2002–2006 permanent income, and the any loss group includes children whose families did lose. Dollar values (in nominal CAD) rounded to base 100 as per vetting rules.