Table 1.
Baseline summary statistics and balance tests.
| ACT Purchases Randomly Assigned to Follow-Up Survey |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean in Control Group |
CAPSS |
CAPSS-Information Only |
“Malaria is NOT gone until…” Message |
“Don't Save Pills…” Message |
Obs |
|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| A. Characteristics of Interviewed Household Head | ||||||
| Age (Years) | 32.729 (11.192) |
−0.347 [0.801] |
−0.295 [0.848] |
−0.557 [1.133] |
0.125 [1.281] |
1695 |
| Female | 0.918 (0.274) |
0.007 [0.030] |
−0.013 [0.020] |
0.013 [0.025] |
−0.021 [0.020] |
1702 |
| Reads English | 0.420 (0.494) |
0.020 [0.044] |
−0.058 [0.043] |
−0.025 [0.061] |
0.051 [0.040] |
1695 |
| Years of Education (Among Those Who Reported Some Education) | 7.362 (2.929) |
−0.094 [0.255] |
−0.293 [0.197] |
−0.208 [0.346] |
0.259 [0.228] |
1570 |
| Years of Spouse/Partner Education (Among Those with Some Education) | 8.603 (3.124) |
−0.262 [0.271] |
−0.219 [0.212] |
−0.028 [0.401] |
−0.581∗ [0.266] |
1255 |
| B. Household Characteristics | ||||||
| Household Size | 6.012 (2.737) |
−0.066 [0.260] |
0.284 [0.173] |
0.286 [0.213] |
−0.004 [0.187] |
1702 |
| Has Electricity | 0.170 (0.376) |
−0.017 [0.031] |
0.003 [0.045] |
−0.016 [0.038] |
−0.014 [0.034] |
1689 |
| Owns Mobile Phone | 0.790 (0.408) |
0.004 [0.026] |
0.019 [0.028] |
0.018 [0.049] |
−0.099∗ [0.050] |
1691 |
| C. Health Behaviors and Knowledge | ||||||
| Member of Household had Malaria in the last 30 days | 0.745 (0.436) |
−0.070 [0.060] |
0.000 [0.051] |
−0.066∗ [0.030] |
−0.072 [0.060] |
1702 |
| Slept under Bednet Last Night | 0.640 (0.480) |
0.032 [0.045] |
−0.006 [0.047] |
0.034 [0.057] |
0.014 [0.043] |
1611 |
| Heard of ACTs | 0.663 (0.473) |
−0.021 [0.029] |
−0.029 [0.048] |
−0.124∗∗ [0.052] |
−0.007 [0.047] |
1702 |
| D. Treatment-Seeking Behavior for Previous Malaria Episode | ||||||
| Sought Treatment at Drug Shop | 0.304 (0.461) |
0.056 [0.066] |
0.022 [0.079] |
0.044 [0.062] |
−0.044 [0.046] |
612 |
| Sought Treatment at Private Hospital Or Clinic | 0.429 (0.496) |
−0.132 [0.077] |
−0.085 [0.104] |
−0.055 [0.050] |
−0.061 [0.081] |
612 |
| Received Confirmed Diagnosis (Microscopy or RDT) | 0.153 (0.361) |
0.106 [0.084] |
0.006 [0.065] |
−0.005 [0.052] |
0.031 [0.043] |
609 |
| Used ACT (Among Those Taking Medicine) | 0.527 (0.501) |
−0.095 [0.074] |
−0.060 [0.054] |
−0.019 [0.081] |
−0.103 [0.068] |
472 |
| E. ACT Purchases During Study | ||||||
| Number of ACT Purchases per Individual | 1.430 (0.652) |
0.001 [0.059] |
0.017 [0.048] |
−0.060 [0.049] |
0.018 [0.037] |
1702 |
| Age (Years) | 14.432 (17.004) |
−1.370 [1.274] |
−0.569 [1.389] |
−2.676∗∗ [1.076] |
0.634 [1.006] |
1682 |
| % of Adult Dose Purchases (Aged 12 years and above) | 0.378 (0.485) |
−0.001 [0.043] |
0.012 [0.053] |
−0.032 [0.046] |
0.039 [0.037] |
1696 |
| Offered Free Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) for Malariaa | 0.245 (0.430) |
0.016 [0.031] |
0.003 [0.030] |
−0.007 [0.033] |
−0.062∗ [0.030] |
1702 |
| Tested Positive for Malaria on RDTa | 0.655 (0.478) |
−0.014 [0.133] |
−0.042 [0.093] |
−0.159∗ [0.082] |
−0.102 [0.120] |
361 |
Column 1 shows the mean and standard deviation (in parentheses) in the control group of the ‘analysis sample’: patients who purchased ACTs who were followed up within 96 h and who started taking their medication. Columns 2–5 show the coefficients on dummies for each of the treatment groups with standard errors (clustered by shop) in square brackets. Regression controls are presented in Equation (1). ∗p < 0.10, ∗∗p < 0.05, ∗∗∗p < 0.01.
a
Does not include controls for whether RDT was offered and interactions between each pack type and the RDT offer.