Appendix 3.
Household-level Attrition Analysis
| Panel A. Differences in Overall Attrition by Treatment Status at 24 Month Follow-up | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Treatment | Difference | ||||||
| Attrited | Panel | P-value | Attrited | Panel | P-value | Col(1)-Col(4) | P-value | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
| Maize grain price | 21.66 | 22.03 | 0.81 | 24.31 | 25.57 | 0.35 | −2.65 | 0.27 |
| Rice price | 3.75 | 3.89 | 0.42 | 2.89 | 3.35 | 0.06 | 0.87 | 0.01 |
| Bean price | 3.30 | 3.97 | 0.03 | 3.49 | 4.13 | 0.08 | −0.19 | 0.73 |
| Cooking oil price | 10.89 | 10.82 | 0.73 | 10.86 | 11.03 | 0.41 | 0.03 | 0.93 |
| Sugar price | 7.61 | 7.56 | 0.68 | 8.01 | 7.85 | 0.49 | −0.40 | 0.35 |
| Table salt price | 4.22 | 3.89 | 0.68 | 4.09 | 3.93 | 0.84 | 0.13 | 0.93 |
| Toilet soap price | 5.01 | 5.26 | 0.07 | 5.03 | 5.13 | 0.57 | −0.03 | 0.92 |
| Log household size | 1.67 | 1.66 | 0.85 | 1.65 | 1.68 | 0.59 | 0.03 | 0.73 |
| Shangombo | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.35 | 0.00 | −0.03 | 0.73 |
| Kaputa | 0.73 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.88 |
| Log distance to food market | 2.59 | 2.43 | 0.53 | 1.91 | 2.14 | 0.41 | 0.68 | 0.12 |
| Recipient highest grade attained | 3.96 | 3.77 | 0.52 | 4.23 | 4.33 | 0.79 | −0.26 | 0.60 |
| Recipient widowed | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.80 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.04 | −0.05 | 0.22 |
| Recipient widowed/divorced | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.58 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.03 | −0.08 | 0.14 |
| Panel B. Differences in Overall Attrition by Treatment Status at 36 Month Follow-up | ||||||||
| Control | Treatment | Difference | ||||||
| Attrited | Panel | P-value | Attrited | Panel | P-value | Col(1)-Col(4) | P-value | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
| Maize grain price | 22.01 | 22.00 | 0.99 | 25.46 | 25.46 | 1.00 | −3.45 | 0.31 |
| Rice price | 3.85 | 3.88 | 0.90 | 3.19 | 3.32 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.17 |
| Bean price | 3.48 | 3.91 | 0.26 | 3.61 | 4.09 | 0.14 | −0.13 | 0.83 |
| Cooking oil price | 10.29 | 10.83 | 0.05 | 10.86 | 11.02 | 0.48 | −0.58 | 0.20 |
| Sugar price | 7.74 | 7.56 | 0.56 | 7.77 | 7.86 | 0.82 | −0.03 | 0.96 |
| Table salt price | 3.27 | 3.93 | 0.22 | 3.89 | 3.94 | 0.91 | −0.62 | 0.46 |
| Toilet soap price | 5.17 | 5.23 | 0.81 | 5.02 | 5.12 | 0.38 | 0.15 | 0.66 |
| Log household size | 1.70 | 1.66 | 0.67 | 1.62 | 1.68 | 0.48 | 0.09 | 0.50 |
| Shangombo | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.34 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.98 |
| Kaputa | 0.33 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 0.54 | 0.33 | 0.03 | −0.20 | 0.27 |
| Log distance to food market | 1.86 | 2.46 | 0.09 | 2.20 | 2.12 | 0.75 | −0.34 | 0.51 |
| Recipient highest grade attained | 5.05 | 3.77 | 0.05 | 4.27 | 4.32 | 0.93 | 0.78 | 0.38 |
| Recipient widowed | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.59 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.22 | −0.03 | 0.74 |
| Recipient widowed/divorced | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.85 |
| Panel C. Differences in Overall Attrition by Treatment Status at 48 Month Follow-up | ||||||||
| Control | Treatment | Difference | ||||||
| Attrited | Panel | P-value | Attrited | Panel | P-value | Col(1)-Col(4) | P-value | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
| Maize grain price | 22.02 | 22.00 | 0.99 | 24.16 | 25.53 | 0.38 | −2.14 | 0.48 |
| Rice price | 3.95 | 3.88 | 0.74 | 3.24 | 3.32 | 0.62 | 0.71 | 0.06 |
| Bean price | 3.98 | 3.90 | 0.87 | 4.04 | 4.07 | 0.89 | −0.07 | 0.92 |
| Cooking oil price | 10.28 | 10.84 | 0.08 | 11.01 | 11.01 | 0.96 | −0.72 | 0.09 |
| Sugar price | 7.36 | 7.57 | 0.48 | 7.61 | 7.87 | 0.40 | −0.25 | 0.69 |
| Table salt price | 4.04 | 3.91 | 0.62 | 3.96 | 3.94 | 0.96 | 0.09 | 0.90 |
| Toilet soap price | 5.39 | 5.23 | 0.39 | 5.13 | 5.12 | 0.88 | 0.25 | 0.41 |
| Log household size | 1.80 | 1.66 | 0.00 | 1.61 | 1.68 | 0.34 | 0.19 | 0.02 |
| Shangombo | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.39 | −0.04 | 0.75 |
| Kaputa | 0.33 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.07 | −0.11 | 0.48 |
| Log distance to food market | 1.93 | 2.46 | 0.11 | 2.02 | 2.12 | 0.59 | −0.09 | 0.83 |
| Recipient highest grade attained | 4.36 | 3.78 | 0.39 | 4.59 | 4.31 | 0.62 | −0.23 | 0.81 |
| Recipient widowed | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.94 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.05 | −0.07 | 0.24 |
| Recipient widowed/divorced | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.95 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.43 | −0.01 | 0.92 |
P-values are reported from Wald tests on the equality of means of Treatment and Control for each variable.
Standard errors are clustered at the community level.