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Table 4 Program impact on household QoL outcomes

From: The impact of the livelihoods and income fortification and socio-civic transformation project on the quality of life, wellbeing, self-esteem, and quality of neighbourhood social environment among the youth in slum areas of in Kampala, Uganda

 

Baseline

 

Follow-up

 

UDiDb

 

ADiDba

 

Control

Intervention

Diff (SE)

Control

Intervention

Diff (SE)

Mean (SE)

p-value

Mean (SE)

p-value

Psychological wellbeing

 Autonomy

22.75

18.09

−4.67 (0.36)

20.16

26.21

6.06 (0.24)

10.73 (0.43)

0.000

10.73 (0.40)

0.000

 Environmental mastery

22.57

22.58

0.01 (0.34)

20.14

19.43

−0.71 (0.21)

−0.72 (0.42)

0.088

−0.72 (0.49)

0.141

 Personal growth

22.90

20.87

−2.04 (0.34)

24.00

27.62

3.62 (0.32)

5.65 (0.49)

0.000

5.65 (0.50)

0.000

 Positive relationships

20.86

22.09

1.23 (0.39)

25.26

21.06

−4.20 (0.25)

−5.43 (0.47)

0.000

−5.43 (0.44)

0.000

 Purpose in life

22.49

20.55

−1.93 (0.44)

24.13

27.53

3.40 (0.33)

5.33 (0.56)

0.000

5.33 (0.45)

0.000

 Self-Acceptance

20.97

19.85

−1.12 (0.28)

18.34

22.59

4.24 (0.25)

5.37 (0.38)

0.000

5.37 (0.34)

0.000

Overall Quality of life

 Social relations

64.67

68.67

4.00 (1.26)

69.38

71.95

2.57 (1.01)

−1.42 (1.77)

0.422

−1.43 (1.80)

0.430

 Living conditions

60.93

64.66

3.73 (1.44)

64.68

74.01

9.34 (0.87)

5.60 (1.69)

0.001

5.60 (1.77)

0.002

 Personal independence

48.10

56.04

7.94 (2.29)

58.84

61.56

2.72 (0.89)

−5.22 (2.31)

0.024

−5.22 (1.77)

0.003

Quality of neighbourhood social environment (%)

 Drugs and substance abuse

8.7

7.5

−1.2 (2.8)

3.8

8.0

4.2 (2.6)

5.4 (4.2)

0.196

5.4 (3.9)

0.169

 Gambling

10.0

17.4

7.4 (3.2)

11.2

17.4

6.2 (3.1)

−1.2 (4.6)

0.793

−1.2 (4.7)

0.796

 Neighbourhood safety

76.6

83.9

7.3 (5.2)

89.2

89.9

0.7 (3.5)

−6.6 (5.8)

0.254

−6.6 (5.1)

0.197

Self-esteem

 Self Esteem

18.62

14.78

−3.84 (0.36)

21.98

22.77

0.80 (0.27)

4.64 (0.49)

0.000

4.64 (0.52)

0.000

  1. UDiD Unadjusted difference-in-differences
  2. ADiD Adjusted difference-in-differences
  3. a Adjusted for age, gender, years of education, living conditions, marital status, and employment status
  4. b Kernel propensity-score matching DID treatment effects with common support of the propensity scores