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. 2018 Nov;135:235–254. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.07.007

Table C-2.

Summary Statistics

Variable Full
Subscriber
Sample
Subsample
Mean Std Dev Mean Std Dev
Outcome Variables
Signed up for subsidized mechanized desludging 0.398 0.490 1.000 0.000
Used subsidized mech desludging between bl and el 0.074 0.262 0.186 0.390
Got unsubsidized mech desludging between bl and el 0.237 0.425 0.212 0.409
Got any mech desludging between bl and el 0.315 0.465 0.405 0.491
Deposited in desludging account 0.231 0.422
Desludging account deposits (1000s of CFA) 4.683 9.854
Made non-final deposits (exclude pay-in-full group) 0.067 0.249
Non-final deposits (1000s of CFA) (exclude pay in full) 0.646 3.063
Days from interview to 1st desludging 128 102
Days from interview to 1st deposit 111 98
Days from 1st deposit to 1st desludging 14 49
Days from last deposit to 1st desludging 3 16
Treatment Variables
High subsidy 0.503 0.500 0.626 0.484
Deposit required 0.875 0.330 0.840 0.367
Save at will 0.332 0.471
Monthly billing 0.341 0.474
Pay in full 0.327 0.469
Other Baseline Variables
Courtyard looks clean in baseline 0.754 0.430 0.812 0.391
Respondent years of education 5.737 5.659 6.724 5.832
Respondent has no formal ed 0.384 0.486 0.313 0.464
Respondent age 49.58 13.56 49.48 13.17
Respondent male 0.672 0.470 0.710 0.454
Household size 10.25 5.81 10.29 5.63
Number of rooms in house 6.499 3.527 6.803 3.628
Own their house 0.778 0.416 0.815 0.389
House has two stories 0.242 0.429 0.301 0.459
Wealth index 0.008 1.588 0.346 1.611
Respondent has no regular pay 0.789 0.408 0.735 0.442
Used mechanized in year before baseline 0.294 0.455 0.364 0.481
Used manual in year before baseline 0.372 0.483 0.330 0.470
Used mechanized more than a year before baseline 0.128 0.334 0.144 0.352
Never desludged before baseline
0.271
0.445
0.243
0.429
N 3757 1496

Summary statistics for the full sample and for subscribers only. Abbreviations bl and el represent baseline and endline respectively.