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Table 3 Matched analysis of the effects of the living wage factory on consumption

From: The impact of a private sector living wage intervention on consumption and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a middle income country

 

Treatment Effect

Standard error

T-statistic

p-value

Diet

 Healthy carbohydrates

-0.0030

0.20

0.015

0.99

 Vegetables

0.20

0.19

1.1

0.29

 Fruits

-0.11

0.20

0.52

0.60

 Protein

0.67

0.20

3.3

<0.001

 Dairy

0.83

0.20

4.2

<0.001

 Soda and juice

0.46

0.16

2.8

0.0047

 Sugars

0.27

0.11

2.5

0.013

Services spending

 School fees (RD$)

2177

1436

1.5

0.13

Consumable spending

 Grocery/supermarket (RD$)

59795

16204

3.7

<0.001

 Prepared food (RD$)

-5826

6491

0.90

0.37

 Other food (RD$)

10778

8563

1.3

0.21

 School materials (RD$)

2125

68356

0.031

0.975

 Transportation (RD$)

-6577

22300

0.29

0.768

Durable good spending

 Furniture/appliances (RD$)

9732

1615

6.0

<0.001

 Car/motorcycle (RD$)

-4731

4707

1.0

0.31

 Computer (RD$)

2265

848

2.7

0.0075

 Property (RD$)

4687

4134

1.1

0.25

 Home repair (RD$)

12528

4881

2.6

0.010

  1. Table notes: Dietary measures are frequency of consumption (number of times per week) Z-scored so treatment effect is in terms of standard deviation. Services, consumable and durable good spending treatment effects are presented as a difference between the mean in the treatment factory and the mean of the control factory. RD$ is Dominican pesos. At the time of the study the exchange rate was 1 US dollar to 38 RD$; 1 Euro to 49 RD$; 1 British Pound to 57 RD$