The effect of an affordable daycare program on health and economic well-being in Rajasthan, India: protocol for a cluster-randomized impact evaluation study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics for the total sample and stratified by treatment arm, presented at the individual (n = 3177) and cluster (n = 160) levels

	Individual-level analysis
	Total sample			Control hamlets			Treated hamlets
Variable^a	No.	Mean	SD	No.	Mean	SD	No.	Mean	SD
Age (years)	3169	29.87	6.86	1517	29.87	6.90	1652	29.86	6.83
Any schooling	3175	0.26	0.44	1519	0.27	0.44	1656	0.25	0.43
Married	3177	0.98	0.12	1521	0.99	0.11	1656	0.98	0.14
Age married (years)	3070	17.47	2.85	1467	17.49	2.70	1603	17.44	2.98
No. sons	3177	1.62	1.16	1521	1.62	1.16	1656	1.61	1.16
No. daughters	3177	1.65	1.27	1521	1.60	1.25	1656	1.69	1.28
Hindu religion	3175	0.72	0.45	1519	0.73	0.44	1656	0.72	0.45
Worked in past 7 d	3177	0.59	0.49	1521	0.59	0.49	1656	0.59	0.49
Worked in past 12 mo	3177	0.95	0.22	1521	0.93	0.25	1656	0.96	0.18
Paid cash for work	3016	0.09	0.28	1420	0.09	0.29	1596	0.09	0.28
Days childcare prevents work	3016	1.53	4.66	1420	1.64	4.97	1596	1.42	4.36
Below poverty line	3168	0.50	0.50	1517	0.51	0.50	1651	0.50	0.50
	Cluster-level comparison
	Total sample			Control hamlets			Tread hamlets
	No.	Mean	SD	No.	Mean	SD	No.	Mean	SD
Age (years)	160	29.89	1.93	80	29.84	2.14	80	29.93	1.70
Any schooling	160	0.27	0.17	80	0.28	0.18	80	0.26	0.16
Married	160	0.98	0.03	80	0.99	0.03	80	0.98	0.04
Age married (years)	160	17.50	0.74	80	17.49	0.73	80	17.51	0.75
No. sons	160	1.60	0.33	80	1.61	0.34	80	1.58	0.32
No. daughters	160	1.65	0.34	80	1.59	0.36	80	1.70	0.31
Hindu religion	160	0.72	0.15	80	0.74	0.17	80	0.71	0.14
Worked in past 7 d	160	0.59	0.19	80	0.60	0.19	80	0.58	0.18
Worked in past 12 mo	160	0.95	0.07	80	0.94	0.08	80	0.96	0.06
Paid cash for work	160	0.09	0.10	80	0.09	0.10	80	0.09	0.09
Days childcare prevents work	160	1.60	1.67	80	1.78	1.88	80	1.41	1.42
Below poverty line	160	0.51	0.18	80	0.52	0.19	80	0.50	0.17

^a Variables are: age in years (age); whether the respondent ever attended school (any schooling) or not; whether the respondent was married (married) or not married, including widowed, divorced, separated, or living together married; the age at marriage, if married (age married); the number of sons under age 18 y who live at home (no. sons); the number of daughters under age 18 y who live at home (no. daughters); Hindu religion (Hindu) or other, including other religion, no religion, or unknown; whether the respondent worked in the past seven days (worked in past 7 d) or not; whether the respondent worked in the past 12 months (worked in past 12 mo) or not; whether respondents who reported working in the past 12 months were paid in cash (paid cash for work) or not; the number of days in the past month that respondents who reported working in the past year were unable to work because of childcare (days childcare prevents work); and whether the household has a Below the Poverty Line card (below poverty line)

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