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Table 3 Household Economy and Receipt of Humanitarian Assistance

From: Multi-purpose cash transfers and health among vulnerable Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a prospective cohort study

 

BASELINE

ENDLINE

MPC HHs (N = 173)

Control HHs (N = 444)

P value

MPC HHs (N = 168)

Control HHs (N = 375)

P value

Household Income and Expenditures (past month; mean US$ a)

 Income (excluding humanitarian assistance)

389

(427.9)

295

(354.4)

0.005

440

(628.9)

371

(390.8)

0.119

 Total expenditures

693

(371.2)

553

(372.6)

< 0.001

778

(357.4)

695

(334.9)

0.009

Total Humanitarian Assistance (past month) b

Any regular transfer (% of HHs)

173

(86.1%)

444

(76.6%)

0.009

168

(86.9%)

375

(59.5%)

< 0.001

  Amount received (mean US$a per HH)

304

(109.8)

168

(92.5)

< 0.001

297

(141.2)

113

(117.8)

< 0.001

  Amount received (mean US$a per HH member)

42

(15.3)

30

(17.1)

< 0.001

43

(25.9)

20

(21.3)

< 0.001

In-kind assistance (past 3 months)

2

(1.2%)

10

(2.3%)

0.332

19

(11.3%)

47

(12.6%)

0.671

WFP Food Assistance (past month)

 Current WFP recipients

143

(82.7%)

334

(75.2%)

0.048

168

(85.7%)

375

(57.1%)

< 0.001

 Amount received (mean US$a per HH)

190

(62.6)

143

(70.7)

< 0.001

186

(68.1)

146

(48.0)

< 0.001

 Amount received (mean US$a per HH member)

26

(6.0)

25

(12.5)

0.519

25

(5.2)

25

(7.3)

0.424

Transfer modality

 E-Voucher

137

(95.8%)

312

(93.4%)

0.309

168

(100%)

367

(97.9%)

0.056

 Multipurpose Cash Transfer

6

(4.2%)

22

(6.6%)

 

0

(0.0%)

8

(2.1%)

 

Asset Sales and Borrowing

 Sold assets in past 3 months (%)

14

(8.1%)

42

(9.5%)

0.712

17

(10.1%)

74

(19.7%)

0.006

 Borrowed money in past 3 months (%)

77

(44.5%)

166

(37.4%)

0.266

154

(91.7%)

331

(88.3%)

0.431

Current debt

 Any Debt

142

(86.1%)

321

(77.5%)

0.021

152

(92.7%)

326

(91.1%)

0.536

 Amount of debt (among those w/ debt; mean US$a)

536

(628.8)

516

(674.3)

0.740

843

(1022.4)

711

(781.0)

0.106

  1. Presented as N (%) or mean (standard deviation). Bold italic indicates statistically significant (p < 0.001) findings; bold indicates statistically significant (p < 0.05) findings; italic indicates statistically significant (p < 0.10) findings
  2. a Exchange rate: 1507.5 LBP = 1 US$
  3. b includes UNHCR, WFP, and regular monthly assistance from other less common sources