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Table 1 Household-level and Child-level Pre-post Measures with Levels of Significance

From: Effects of cash transfers on Children’s health and social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: differences in outcomes based on orphan status and household assets

 

Control (N=1,478)

UCT (N=2,035)

CCT (N=1,818)

Covariate

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Household Characteristics

      

Average adult age

39.80

41.19**

41.30

42.73**

40.2

41.65***

Number of adults

2.95

2.83*

2.87

2.76*

2.90

2.79*

Number of children

3.56

3.64

3.57

3.69

3.78

3.88

Adult chronic illness

.47

.36***

.50

.45*

.54

.39***

Adult disability

.14

.12*

.13

.10*

.14

.13

SES tercile low

.38

.38

.46

.40***

.46

.40***

SES tercile mid

.24

.23

.24

.23

.20

.25***

SES tercile high

.38

.40

.30

.37***

.34

.35

Total Assets

.19

.20***

.18

.20***

.18

.19***

Child Characteristicsa

% Female

.50

-

.49

-

.49

-

Age

11.07

-

11.11

-

11.28

-

Not orphan

.56

.53

.56

.56

.56

.57

Paternal orphan

.47

.49

.47

.48

.47

.48

Maternal orphan

.24

.26

.24

.26

.24

.25

Double orphan

.16

.17

.16

.18

.16

.17

Unknown, 1 parent

.08

.09

.08

.09

.08

.07

Unknown, 2 parent

.001

.007*

.003

.002

.003

.006

Outcome Variables

Child with disability

.02

.02

.01

.01

.02

.02

Chronic illness

.05

.05

.06

.06

.06

.06

Birth registration****

.76

.82***

.77

.86***

.74

.89***

School attendance****

.75

.80**

.75

.90***

.76

.93***

  1. N children = 5,331
  2. N households = 1,697
  3. *p < .05 for pre-post, two-tailed **p < .01 for pre-post, two-tailed ***p < .001 for pre-post, two-tailed, ****p < .001, ANOVA difference among values at time = post
  4. aOrphan categories listed in pre-post measures are not mutually exclusive