Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of decision-making indicators at baseline, by treatment status

Variables	All Panel Sample		Control (C)		Treatment (T)		T-C	Diff	p-value	Effect Size
	Mean N		Mean N1		Mean N2		Diff	SE
Sole decision-making indicators
Sole children’s health	0.555	2,029	0.557	1,025	0.554	1,004	−0.003	0.047	0.945	−0.007
Sole children’s schooling	0.424	2,030	0.433	1,024	0.415	1,006	−0.018	0.047	0.702	−0.037
Sole own income	0.393	1,934	0.4	980	0.386	954	−0.014	0.042	0.737	−0.029
Sole partner’s income	0.342	1,848	0.366	945	0.317	903	−0.049	0.041	0.234	−0.104
Sole major purchases	0.399	2,029	0.408	1,024	0.39	1,005	−0.018	0.041	0.656	−0.037
Sole daily purchases	0.477	2,031	0.481	1,025	0.472	1,006	−0.009	0.043	0.837	−0.018
Sole children’s clothes/shoes	0.433	2,030	0.443	1,025	0.423	1,005	−0.02	0.041	0.63	−0.04
Sole family visits	0.392	2,027	0.405	1,021	0.379	1,006	−0.027	0.041	0.515	−0.055
Sole own health	0.526	2,029	0.53	1,024	0.521	1,005	−0.009	0.04	0.825	−0.018
Count of sole decision making (0–9)	3.691	1,795	3.785	923	3.592	872	−0.194	0.327	0.555	−0.054
Sole or joint decision-making indicators
Sole/joint children’s health	0.704	2,029	0.709	1,025	0.699	1,004	−0.01	0.035	0.775	−0.022
Sole/joint children’s schooling	0.595	2,030	0.604	1,024	0.586	1,006	−0.017	0.041	0.68	−0.035
Sole/joint own income	0.578	1,934	0.589	980	0.566	954	−0.023	0.039	0.563	−0.046
Sole/joint partner’s income	0.538	1,848	0.557	945	0.518	903	−0.038	0.04	0.344	−0.077
Sole/joint major purchases	0.589	2,029	0.602	1,024	0.576	1,005	−0.025	0.037	0.489	−0.052
Sole/joint daily purchases	0.645	2,031	0.65	1,025	0.641	1,006	−0.009	0.038	0.823	−0.018
Sole/joint children’s clothes	0.622	2,030	0.628	1,025	0.615	1,005	−0.013	0.037	0.72	−0.028
Sole/joint family visits	0.57	2,027	0.581	1,021	0.559	1,006	−0.022	0.034	0.511	−0.045
Sole/joint own health	0.634	2,029	0.642	1,024	0.627	1,005	−0.015	0.033	0.658	−0.031
Count of sole/joint decision making (0–9)	5.325	1,795	5.415	923	5.231	872	−0.184	0.306	0.548	−0.051

Notes: Diff is the average difference between Treatment and Control, and SE is the standard error of this difference clustered at the CWAC level.