Table 10.
Effect of SCTP on individual expenditure items (MWK)
| (1) Tuition |
(2) Extra Lessons |
(3) Notebooks & Stationary |
(4) Uniform |
(5) Boarding Fees |
(6) School Contribution |
(7) Transportation |
(8) PTA and Other Fees |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Mean (SD) | 17.2 (491.1) | 26.3 (325.2) | 85.7 (192.5) | 91.6 (324.1) | 4.2 (291.1) | 45.1 (138.6) | 4.9 (186.4) | 14.4 (89.1) |
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| Treatment effect | −6.8 (14.4) | 12.6 (16.8) | 41.7** (16.8) | 167.6*** (29.3) | −1.6 (8.1) | 17.3 (13.4) | 2.8 (6.3) | 2.4 (7.0) |
| Wild bootstrap p-value | 0.677 | 0.492 | 0.031 | 0.000 | 0.766 | 0.220 | 0.716 | 0.759 |
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| Observations | 12,599 | 12,599 | 12,599 | 12,599 | 12,599 | 12,599 | 12,599 | 12,599 |
Notes: Robust standard errors in parentheses clustered at the VC level.
***
p<0.01,
**
p<0.05,
*
p<0.1.
Wild bootstrap p-values are for DD effect (H0=0). Individual controls: age, age squared, male, baseline morbidity past 2 weeks, and baseline orphan status / Household controls (all defined at baseline): household head (female, age, ever attended school, chronic illness, married), log per capita expenditure, household size, total age group categories (0–5, 6–11, 12–17, 65+) and dummies for Traditional Authority residence