Table 3.
Baseline determinants of schooling outcomes
| Enrolled | Dropout | Withdraw | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.16*** (0.01) | −0.01 (0.01) | 0.02** (0.01) | |
| Age squared | −0.01*** (0.00) | 0.00** (0.00) | −0.00 (0.00) | |
| Male | 0.00 (0.01) | 0.00 (0.01) | 0.03*** (0.01) | |
| Past 2 weeks, suffered from illness or injury | 0.02 (0.02) | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.04*** (0.01) | |
| Orphan | 0.00 (0.01) | 0.02* (0.01) | −0.01 (0.01) | |
| Head went to school | 0.04** (0.02) | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.05** (0.02) | |
| Head can read | 0.08*** (0.03) | −0.03 (0.02) | −0.07*** (0.02) | |
| Head female | 0.06*** (0.02) | −0.01 (0.02) | −0.04* (0.02) | |
| Head age | 0.00** (0.00) | −0.00 (0.00) | −0.00*** (0.00) | |
| Head widow | −0.01 (0.02) | −0.00 (0.01) | 0.02 (0.02) | |
| Total members 6 to 11 | 0.01 (0.01) | −0.01 (0.01) | −0.01 (0.01) | |
| Total members 12 to 17 | 0.01 (0.01) | −0.01 (0.01) | −0.03*** (0.01) | |
| Total members 18 to 64 | 0.02 (0.01) | −0.02** (0.01) | −0.03** (0.01) | |
| Total members 65+ | 0.03 (0.02) | −0.01 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.02) | |
| Household size | −0.01 (0.01) | 0.01* (0.01) | 0.01* (0.01) | |
| Baseline log per capita expenditure | 0.08*** (0.01) | −0.04*** (0.01) | −0.03** (0.01) | |
| Randomization Variables | ||||
| Salima-Ndindi | 0.02 (0.03) | −0.02 (0.01) | −0.06** (0.03) | |
| Mangochi-Jalasi | −0.09** (0.04) | −0.02 (0.03) | 0.00 (0.02) | |
| Mangochi-Mbwana Nyambi | −0.02 (0.03) | −0.02 (0.01) | −0.08* (0.04) | |
| Treatment | −0.03 (0.02) | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.02) | |
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| Observations | 6,303 | 4,070 | 4,543 | |
Notes: Robust standard errors in parenthesis clustered at the VC level,
*
p<0.1;
**
p<0.05
***
p<0.01.