|
Variables
|
Measurement
|
Rickshaw-puller
|
Shop-keeper
|
Restaurant worker
|
Total
|
|---|
| | |
Control
|
Treatment
|
Control
|
Treatment
|
Control
|
Treatment
|
Control
|
Treatment
|
|---|
|
Age
|
Mean (SDa)) in years
|
32.1 (9.8)
|
34.65 (10.0)
|
26.9 (9.5)
|
28.0 (8.29)
|
32.0 (11.5)
|
30.2 (10.3)
|
30.3 (10.5)
|
30.78 (9.9)
|
|
Sig. of mean difference
|
0.112
|
0.397
|
0.299
|
0.606
|
|
Gender
|
Male (%)
|
100%
|
100%
|
96.8%
|
100%
|
90.8%
|
81.94%
|
95.9%
|
94.1%
|
|
Sig. of proportion diff.
|
-
|
0.102
|
0.101
|
0.347
|
|
Marital status
|
Married (%)
|
85.9%
|
79.4%
|
39.4%
|
34.1%
|
71.3%
|
58.3%
|
65.2%
|
55.9%
|
| |
Sig. of proportion diff.
|
0.281
|
0.475
|
0.088
|
0.034
|
|
Household size
|
Mean (SD)
|
3.1 (0.98)
|
3.4 (1.0)
|
4.1 (1.85)
|
3.7 (1.35)
|
3.4 (1.4)
|
3.6 (1.5)
|
3.5 (1.5)
|
3.6 (1.3)
|
|
Sig. of mean difference
|
0.299
|
0.239
|
0.477
|
0.849
|
|
Institutional educational level
|
Less than one year (%)
|
75.0%
|
66.1%
|
11.7%
|
9.8%
|
48.3%
|
38.9%
|
44.7%
|
36.5%
|
|
Sig. of proportion diff.
|
0.222
|
0.678
|
0.235
|
0.065
|
|
Up to primary level (%)
|
17.4%
|
30.9%
|
37.2%
|
28.0%
|
36.8%
|
34.7%
|
30.4%
|
31.0%
|
|
Sig. of proportion diff.
|
0.045
|
0.196
|
0.788
|
0.871
|
|
More than primary level
|
7.6%
|
2.9%
|
51.0%
|
62.2%
|
14.9%
|
26.4%
|
24.9%
|
32.4%
|
|
Sig. of proportion diff.
|
0.205
|
0.138
|
0.073
|
0.065
|
|
Household income per equivalent adultb)
|
Mean (SD) in BDTc)
|
3151 (1376)
|
3129 (1436)
|
3360 (1562)
|
3735 (1740)
|
2447 (1112)
|
2975 (1754)
|
3024 (1419)
|
3308 (1675)
|
|
Sig. of mean difference
|
0.94
|
0.227
|
0.084
|
0.103
|
|
Health expenditure in last 6 months
|
Mean (SD) in BDT
|
1314 (49)
|
1814 (4944)
|
1838 (3893)
|
2176 (3893)
|
2066 (7059)
|
2041 (7344)
|
1734 (5399)
|
2021 (6159)
|
|
Sig. of mean difference
|
0.527
|
0.655
|
0.983
|
0.581
|
|
Illness in household
|
Yes (%)
|
89.1%
|
86.8%
|
82.9%
|
85.4%
|
89.7%
|
87.5%
|
87.2%
|
86.5%
|
|
Sig. of proportion diff.
|
0.648
|
0.666
|
0.669
|
0.820
|
|
Location
|
Metropolitan city (%)
|
32.6%
|
36.8%
|
34.0%
|
34.1%
|
33.3%
|
36.1%
|
33.3%
|
35.6%
|
|
Sig. of proportion diff.
|
0.584
|
0.988
|
0.714
|
0.600
|
| |
District (%)
|
34.8%
|
29.4%
|
34.0%
|
34.1%
|
35.6%
|
27.8%
|
34.8%
|
30.6%
|
| |
Sig. of proportion diff.
|
0.473
|
0.988
|
0.291
|
0.326
|
| |
Sub-district (%)
|
32.6%
|
33.8%
|
31.9%
|
31.7%
|
31.0%
|
36.1%
|
31.9%
|
33.8%
|
| |
Sig. of proportion diff.
|
0.872
|
0.977
|
0.499
|
0.651
|
|
Observations
| |
92
|
68
|
94
|
82
|
87
|
72
|
273
|
222
|
- Note:a) SD means standard deviation, b) First adult, other adults and children are weighted as 1, 0.7 and 0.5 respectively (Source: OECD, 1982), c) BDT = Bangladeshi Taka.
