Table 5.
Media Consumption, Political Knowledge and Satisfaction with Authority in Follow-up survey (2005–7)
| Dependent variable | Comparison group variable mean (s.d.) | Coefficient estimate (s.e.) on programme indicator |
|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Media consumption | ||
| Days listened to the radio in last week (0 to 7) | 3.59 (2.87) | −0.642*** (0.198) |
| Days read a newspaper in last week (0 to 7) | 0.439 (1.010) | 0.134* (0.074) |
| Has a favourite newspaper | 0.666 (0.472) | 0.096** (0.037) |
| Favourite newspaper is the Daily Nation | 0.305 (0.461) | 0.105*** (0.035) |
| Panel B: Political knowledge | ||
| Political knowledge mean effect | 0.00 (1.00) | 0.203** (0.085) |
| Panel C: Satisfaction with authority | ||
| ‘We should show more respect for authority.’ (0 to 1) (vs. ‘As citizens, we should be more active in questioning the actions of our leaders.’) [AFB] | 0.53 (0.46) | −0.076*** (0.026) |
| Kenya’s quality of government is better than two years ago (0–1) | 0.56 (0.50) | −0.054* (0.031) |
| Kenya’s economy is better than two years ago (0–1) | 0.50 (0.50) | −0.058* (0.033) |
| Satisfaction with Kenyan democracy (0 to 1) [WVS] | 0.74 (0.29) | −0.048*** (0.017) |
| Satisfaction with authority mean effect | 0.00 (1.00) | −0.239*** (0.061) |
| Taking everything together, respondent is ‘very happy’ (0–1) [WVS] | 0.65 (0.48) | −0.027 (0.039) |
Notes
Each row is from a separate OLS regression. Significant at 90% (*), 95% (**), 99% (***) confidence.
The outcome variable is regressed on the GSP (treatment) indicator, an indicator for student cohort, student age at time of the survey, educational attainment of each parent, and timing of the follow-up survey (coefficient estimates not shown). Standard errors are clustered by school. The sample is N = 1387. Details on the mean effect analysis are in the text. The mean effect in panel B includes variables ‘Knows Kenyan President’s name (0–1)’, ‘Knows Kenyan Vice President’s name (0–1)’, ‘Knows Kenyan Education Minister’s name (0–1)’, ‘Knows Kenyan Health Minister’s name (0–1)’ and ‘Knows Ugandan President’s name (0–1)’. The mean effect in panel C includes the four variables listed above the mean effect row. AFB indicates a question from the Afrobarometer Survey, and WVS indicates a question from the World Values Survey.