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. 2019 May;138:1–16. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.12.001

Table A2.

Social Capital Measures.

Variables All Households
No Sanitation at Baseline
Mean (Treatment) Mean (Control) p-value Difference Mean (Treatment) Mean (Control) p-value Difference
Did a household member participate in a religious group in the last 12 months? 0.77 0.76 0.74 0.71 0.76 0.28
Did a household member participate in a women's group in the last 12 months? 0.57 0.54 0.63 0.57 0.54 0.73
Did a household member participate in a rotating savings (arisan) group in the last 12 months? 0.72 0.65 0.15 0.68 0.64 0.47
How many close friends do you have in the community? 5.49 5.66 0.68 5.58 5.45 0.83
If you suddenly needed to borrow money (without interest) to meet household expenses is there someone in the community (other than family) who would be prepared to help you? (Yes = 3/Maybe = 2/No = 1) 2.50 2.54 0.58 2.51 2.51 0.95
Village Social Capital Index
0.01
−0.02
0.47
−0.03
−0.01
0.71
Observations 721 728 289 307

Notes: This table shows the means for each of the variables which are used to generate the village social capital index, for all households as well as for the sub-sample of households that did not have private sanitation facilities at baseline. It also presents the means of the index. The p-values in columns 3 and 6 are generated from tests of statistical difference between treatment and control communities. ∗∗∗indicates difference is significant at 1% level, ∗∗ at 5% level, at 10% level.