Table 4.

Proportion attriting by 2003 of original ENCASEH sample: individuals aged 0 to 8 years in 1997

	Treatment (T1998)		Control (T1999)		P>|Z|
	N	Mean	N	Mean
A. Total proportion attriting (individual or household)
0 to 8 years (all)	19,493	0.232	12,055	0.229	0.564
0 to 8 years (eligible)	14,610	0.205	8,783	0.199	0.236
By gender
Boys 0 to 8 years (eligible)	7,434	0.203	4,393	0.203	0.993
Girls 0 to 8 years (eligible)	7,168	0.208	4,378	0.194	0.068
B. Proportion due to individual attrition
0 to 8 years (all)		0.052		0.050	0.504
0 to 8 years (eligible)		0.041		0.045	0.238
By gender
Boys 0 to 8 years (eligible)		0.038		0.045	0.096
Girls 0 to 8 years (eligible)		0.045		0.044	0.961
C. Proportion due to household attrition (individual not found because household -HH- moves)
0 to 8 years (all)		0.181		0.180	0.802
0 to 8 years (eligible)		0.164		0.154	0.051
By gender
Boys 0 to 8 years (eligible)		0.165		0.158	0.375
Girls 0 to 8 years (eligible)		0.163		0.149	0.047

Notes: The last column gives the significance level for mean differences between T1998 and T1999 based on t-tests.Source: Authors’ calculations with 1997 ENCASEH and 2003 ENCEL data.