Table 1B.

Baseline descriptive statistics for each region.

	Overall	Females			Males
		Control	Treatment	SigDiff	Control	Treatment	SigDiff
Panel A: East hararghe sample
Age at recruitment	10.9	10.9	10.9		11.0	10.9
	(0.8)	(0.9)	(0.8)		(0.8)	(0.8)
=1 if multiple eligible adolescents in household	0.079	0.100	0.102		0.082	0.044	*
Household size	7.0	6.9	7.1		7.0	7.0
	(1.8)	(1.8)	(1.8)		(1.8)	(1.7)
=1 if household female headed	0.111	0.115	0.105		0.162	0.075	***
=1 if household head literate	0.283	0.249	0.316		0.253	0.300
Household asset index	3.41	3.36	3.42		3.29	3.52
	(1.92)	(1.86)	(1.99)		(1.82)	(1.98)
=1 household is a PSNP recipient	0.305	0.383	0.294		0.300	0.264
Number of observations	1,282	300	434		220	328
Panel B: South Gondar sample
Age at recruitment	10.9	11.0	10.9		11.0	10.9
	(0.8)	(0.8)	(0.8)		(0.8)	(0.8)
=1 if multiple eligible adolescents in household	0.023	0.023	0.028		0.020	0.020
Household size	5.7	5.7	5.7		5.6	5.8
	(1.6)	(1.6)	(1.6)		(1.6)	(1.5)
=1 if household female headed	0.153	0.141	0.162		0.197	0.126	***
=1 if household head literate	0.374	0.379	0.328		0.381	0.409
Household asset index	4.01	4.29	3.99		3.95	3.88
	(2.21)	(2.24)	(2.23)		(2.25)	(2.13)
=1 household is a PSNP recipient	0.305	0.336	0.294		0.315	0.289
Number of observations	1,210	284	412		207	307

This table summarizes key baseline characteristics of the sample. Panel A includes those recruited in East Hararghe zone, and Panel B includes those recruited in South Gondar zone. Each cell contains a sample mean (weighted to maintain initial population proportions), and the standard deviation is provided in parentheses for continuous measures. The ‘SigDiff' column notes a statistically significant difference at p < 0.1 (*), p < 0.05 (**), and p < 0.01 (***). The asset index takes a value between 1 and 9 indicating the decile of household assets in relation to the rest of the GAGE sample in Ethiopia (based on a series of indicators for 16 different measures of household durables).