Small individual loans and mental health: a randomized controlled trial among South African adults

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Participant Socio-demographic Characteristics at Baseline, by Treatment Group¹

	Assigned to Control (n = 128)	Assigned to Treatment (n = 109)	p-value for difference²
Characteristics
Female gender	61 (47.7%)	63 (57.8%)	0.12
Age, years	36.2 (12.0)	35.6 (9.4)	0.76
Education > grade 12	27 (21.2%)	24 (22.0%)	0.89
African Race by self report	84 (65.6%)	79 (73.2%)	0.21
Household size, number	5.4 (3.3)	5.3 (3.2)	0.79
Household monthly income, median (IQR)	1938 (842, 4789)	1979 (1000, 4701)	0.08
Income > sample median	62 (48.4%)	55 (50.5%)	0.76
Province
Eastern Cape	43 (33.6%)	30 (27.5%)	0.31
Western Cape	39 (30.5%)	46 (42.2%)	0.06
KwaZulu Natal	46 (35.9%)	22 (30.3%)	0.36

¹ Treatment was being randomly assigned to receive a second look for a loan application. Mean (SD) or No. (%) presented unless otherwise noted
² Tests of difference conducted using t-test, test of proportions or non-parametric test of difference between medians where appropriate.

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