Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of the IHS data
| Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coordination | ||||
| Approaching a village head (bottom-up) | 2.67 | 2.63 | 0 | 20 |
| Organising community members (top-down) | 2.66 | 2.65 | 0 | 20 |
| Meetings among community members (horizontal) | 2.34 | 2.46 | 0 | 21 |
| Successful actions | 2.01 | 2.17 | 0 | 17 |
| Number of groups | 28.59 | 44.59 | 0 | 547 |
| Number of members in all groups | 857.87 | 2959.80 | 0 | 41,910 |
| Number of female members in all groups | 510.74 | 1606.51 | 0 | 20,324 |
| Number of members under 30 in all groups | 406.35 | 1543.90 | 0 | 19,336 |
| Maximal frequency of meetings | 58.67 | 53.26 | 4 | 365 |
| Meeting intervals | ||||
| Daily | 0.03 | 0.16 | ||
| Weekly | 0.92 | 0.28 | ||
| Monthly | 0.92 | 0.27 | ||
| Quarterly | 0.40 | 0.49 | ||
| Semi-annual | 0.10 | 0.30 | ||
| Annual | 0.06 | 0.23 | ||
| Contributions | ||||
| Time serving in committee | 1.18 | 1.31 | 0 | 6 |
| Material inputs | 0.90 | 1.18 | 0 | 6 |
| Other in-kind inputs | 0.54 | 0.94 | 0 | 6 |
| PWP coverage | ||||
| MASAF PWP operates in community (EA-level response) | 0.56 | 0.50 | ||
| Household-level responses (aggregated to EA level) | ||||
| Number of PWP participants | 1.65 | 2.18 | 0 | 10 |
| Share of respondents that participate in PWP | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Control variables | ||||
| Rural location | 0.72 | 0.45 | ||
| Total population | 7444.14 | 16,490.11 | 92 | 200,000 |
| Total number of households | 1455.64 | 2747.93 | 10 | 35,000 |
| Descent traced through father | 0.16 | 0.37 | ||
| Descent traced through mother | 0.64 | 0.48 | ||
| Number of polygamous households | 98.91 | 611.20 | 0 | 9000 |