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. 2020 Sep;146:102295. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.10.003

Table 1.

Summary statistics at baseline in winner-take-all (WTA) and proportional payment (PRP) treatment arms.

WTA
(1)
PRP
(2)
Difference
(3)
WTA
(4)
PRP
(5)
Difference
(6)
Demographic characteristics Child diet (proportion consuming each food at least twice per week)
Child age 4.58
(0.989)
4.56
(0.958)
−0.0215
(0.0554)
Milk 1.00
(0.0643)
0.99
(0.102)
−0.00626
(0.00666)
Child is male 0.50
(0.500)
0.51
(0.500)
0.00944
(0.0154)
Dal 0.96
(0.200)
0.95
(0.228)
−0.0132
(0.0209)
Mother age 27.17
(3.925)
27.20
(3.899)
0.0294
(0.239)
Green Veg 0.60
(0.489)
0.56
(0.497)
−0.0444
(0.102)
Number of children 2.35
(1.362)
2.29
(1.401)
−0.0539
(0.128)
Fruit 0.48
(0.500)
0.49
(0.500)
0.0138
(0.0976)
Household income 8639.44
(3330.6)
8379.58
(2765.6)
−259.9
(378.0)
Sweets 0.13
(0.333)
0.23
(0.420)
0.101
(0.0646)
Mother illiterate 0.38
(0.486)
0.36
(0.481)
−0.0163
(0.0366)
Egg 0.25
(0.434)
0.27
(0.444)
0.0173
(0.0599)
Worker age 37.70
(7.969)
38.95
(8.161)
1.252
(1.769)
Dalia 0.89
(0.319)
0.88
(0.320)
−0.00113
(0.0368)
Worker college 0.43
(0.496)
0.45
(0.497)
0.0119
(0.110)
Chicken 0.11
(0.313)
0.13
(0.338)
0.0209
(0.0410)
Child weight outcomes Roti 0.92
(0.272)
0.94
(0.239)
0.0196
(0.0223)
Weight for Age (WAZ) −1.54
(0.808)
−1.48
(0.771)
0.0552
(0.0668)
Chips 0.43
(0.495)
0.38
(0.486)
−0.0491
(0.0792)
Malnourished (WAZ < −2) 0.27
(0.446)
0.28
(0.449)
0.00545
(0.0321)
Weight (kg) 13.73
(1.885)
13.81
(1.885)
0.0719
(0.148)
Worker effort (number per month, as reported by mother)
Visits the home 7.61
(6.155)
6.41
(4.794)
−1.194
(1.066)
Mother nutrition knowledge
Quiz 1 (18 questions) 10.72
(2.890)
11.10
(2.597)
0.377
(0.449)
Talks about child 10.62
(8.571)
11.26
(8.472)
0.639
(1.780)
Quiz 2 (25 questions) 15.21
(3.312)
15.76
(3.162)
0.558
(0.533)
Hosts meeting at AWC 4.29
(3.106)
3.73
(1.696)
−0.561
(0.391)
Quiz 3 (7 questions) 4.48
(1.209)
4.66
(1.228)
0.181
(0.224)
Has other meetings 8.32
(6.205)
9.35
(6.696)
1.037
(1.280)

Note: Data shown are mean and standard deviations, with standard errors and t-tests for significance of differences. Differences are not statistically significant (p = 0.5). All data shown here are measured at Baseline II (January 2015). Sample size is 43 workers with 1022 children and mothers in the winner-take-all (WTA) arm, and 42 workers with 1180 children and mothers in the proportional payment (PRP) arm.