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Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of analytical sample, by intervention and control arms

From: The impact of the Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP) on short and long term social, economic, education and fertility outcomes: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Zambia

 

Intervention arms

Control arm

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm 3

Mean

95% CIa

Mean

95% CIa

Mean

95% CIa

Mean

95% CIa

F-statb

Age

14.3

14.1

14.4

14.2

14.0

14.3

14.2

14.1

14.4

14.2

14.1

14.4

0.22

Had attended current school year

81%

78%

84%

82%

78%

85%

82%

79%

85%

81%

78%

84%

0.04

Highest grade completed

5.5

5.2

5.7

5.4

5.2

5.7

5.6

5.4

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.9

0.62

Literate

43%

39%

48%

43%

38%

47%

46%

42%

51%

48%

44%

53%

1.35

Mother’s living and co-residence status

 Co-resident with girl

72%

69%

76%

68%

65%

72%

66%

62%

71%

71%

66%

75%

 

 Alive but not co-resident with girl

18%

16%

21%

18%

15%

21%

21%

17%

25%

17%

14%

21%

 

 Not alive

9%

7%

12%

14%

11%

16%

12%

10%

15%

12%

10%

14%

1.50

Father’s living and co-residence status

 Co-resident with girl

52%

48%

56%

48%

45%

52%

48%

44%

52%

51%

45%

56%

 

 Alive but not co-resident with girl

27%

23%

30%

27%

24%

31%

29%

25%

33%

28%

24%

32%

 

 Not alive

22%

18%

25%

24%

21%

27%

23%

20%

26%

21%

18%

25%

0.52

Mother completed primary school

41%

38%

45%

47%

42%

51%

49%

46%

53%

46%

42%

50%

2.62

Father completed primary school

49%

45%

52%

53%

50%

57%

52%

48%

57%

54%

49%

58%

1.33

Household wealth quintiles

 1 Poorest

21%

17%

25%

18%

14%

22%

19%

15%

23%

20%

16%

24%

 

 2

20%

16%

24%

19%

15%

22%

17%

14%

20%

20%

16%

23%

 

 3

22%

19%

26%

20%

17%

23%

20%

16%

23%

18%

15%

21%

 

 4

19%

16%

23%

21%

18%

24%

21%

18%

24%

23%

19%

27%

 

 5 Wealthiest

17%

12%

21%

22%

17%

27%

24%

17%

30%

20%

15%

25%

0.94

Vulnerability quintiles

 1 Lowest vulnerability

25%

22%

28%

22%

19%

25%

26%

22%

29%

25%

21%

29%

 

 2

19%

17%

22%

20%

17%

23%

20%

17%

23%

20%

17%

22%

 

 3

21%

18%

23%

22%

19%

25%

20%

18%

23%

23%

20%

26%

 

 4

18%

16%

21%

17%

14%

20%

18%

15%

21%

16%

14%

19%

 

 5 Highest vulnerability

17%

14%

20%

19%

15%

22%

16%

13%

19%

16%

13%

19%

0.54

Number of girls in analytical sample

765

  

783

  

764

  

768

   
  1. a Confidence intervals (CI) were estimated accounting for clustering at the CSA level
  2. b F-statistic from Pearson design-based tests for categorical variables and from linear regressions for continuous variables, accounting for clustering at the CSA level
  3. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, † p < 0.1