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    Percentage of households with at least one child between 6 and 16 years. This indicator only considers household members. (Census)
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This dataset contains the tables and figures for the 2016 edition of Development in the Americas. Book description: Why should people--and economies--save? The typical answer usually focuses on the need to protect against future shocks, to smooth consumption during hard times, in short, to save for the proverbial rainy day. This book approaches the question from a slightly different angle. While saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts. People must save so they can invest in their own and their children's health and education, live productive fulfilling lives, and end their days in comfort and peace. Firms must save so they can grow productive enterprises that employ more workers in better jobs to produce quality goods for domestic and international markets. Governments must save to build bridges, highways, and airports that support a productive economy, to provide quality services such as education, health, water, and...
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    Percentage of households with at least one child between 0 and 5 years. This indicator only considers household members. (Census)
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    Percentage of households made up of the head-of-household, a relative of the head, and a non-related member of the head (Census)
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    Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a person would live if the prevailing mortality patterns at the time of their birth (or a selected age cutoff) were to remain constant throughout their entire life.
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