Table 3:
Average Individual and Household Baseline Characteristics by Treatment
| Male | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Treated | Difference | Control | Treated | Difference | |
| Age is 19 to 35 years old | 0.520 | 0.533 | 0.01 | 0.645 | 0.631 | −0.01 |
| (0.016) | (0.015) | [ 0.63] | (0.013) | (0.013) | [ 0.55] | |
| Age is 36 to 55 years old | 0.298 | 0.292 | −0.01 | 0.201 | 0.187 | −0.01 |
| (0.014) | (0.014) | [ 0.73] | (0.011) | (0.010) | [ 0.45] | |
| Age is greater than 55 years old | 0.025 | 0.019 | −0.01 | 0.021 | 0.022 | 0.00 |
| (0.005) | (0.004) | [ 0.40] | (0.004) | (0.004) | [ 0.86] | |
| Number of people ages 6 – 12 | 1.476 | 1.479 | 0.00 | 1.328 | 1.369 | 0.04 |
| (0.037) | (0.037) | [ 0.98] | (0.031) | (0.032) | [ 0.62] | |
| Number of people ages 13 – 18 | 0.788 | 0.872 | 0.08 | 0.670 | 0.799 | 0.13 |
| (0.032) | (0.031) | [ 0.33] | (0.025) | (0.026) | [ 0.07] | |
| Number of people ages 19 – 35 | 1.456 | 1.549 | 0.09 | 1.292 | 1.389 | 0.10 |
| (0.030) | (0.029) | [ 0.23] | (0.023) | (0.028) | [ 0.21] | |
| Number of people ages 36 – 55 | 0.747 | 0.720 | −0.03 | 0.608 | 0.676 | 0.07 |
| (0.026) | (0.025) | [ 0.63] | (0.020) | (0.021) | [ 0.13] | |
| Number of people ages 56 – 69 | 0.078 | 0.068 | −0.01 | 0.092 | 0.098 | 0.01 |
| (0.009) | (0.009) | [ 0.66] | (0.008) | (0.009) | [ 0.76] | |
| Has above median per capita consumption | 0.493 | 0.530 | 0.04 | 0.532 | 0.545 | 0.01 |
| (0.016) | (0.015) | [ 0.38] | (0.014) | (0.013) | [ 0.76] | |
| Mean of 12-month rainfall, 1981–2009 | 75.295 | 76.960 | 1.66 | 76.304 | 77.870 | 1.57 |
| (0.355) | (0.397) | [ 0.53] | (0.312) | (0.345) | [ 0.55] | |
| SD of 12-month rainfall, 1981–2009 | 16.029 | 16.262 | 0.23 | 16.582 | 16.798 | 0.22 |
| (0.121) | (0.130) | [ 0.78] | (0.112) | (0.122) | [ 0.82] | |
| Mean of 12 month-temperatures, 1981–2009 | 23.517 | 23.585 | 0.07 | 23.541 | 23.595 | 0.05 |
| (0.017) | (0.012) | [ 0.48] | (0.014) | (0.010) | [ 0.54] | |
| SD of 12 month-temperatures, 1981–2009 | 0.518 | 0.515 | −0.00 | 0.523 | 0.518 | −0.00 |
| (0.003) | (0.003) | [ 0.91] | (0.003) | (0.003) | [ 0.83] | |
| Kaputa | 0.356 | 0.371 | 0.02 | 0.322 | 0.345 | 0.02 |
| (0.015) | (0.015) | [ 0.89] | (0.013) | (0.013) | [ 0.82] | |
| Shangombo | 0.388 | 0.372 | −0.02 | 0.347 | 0.335 | −0.01 |
| (0.015) | (0.015) | [ 0.88] | (0.013) | (0.013) | [ 0.90] | |
| N | 1,020 | 1,046 | 1,353 | 1,383 | ||
Notes: Standard errors reported in parentheses. P values in brackets for t tests of difference in means. F statistic testing joint significance of all variables for male sample is 1.19 (p-value=0.29). F statistic testing joint significance of all variables for female sample is 1.37 (p-value=0.18).