Table 1 Household characteristics of intervention and control groups (average per household), 2014
From: Sowing seeds of empowerment: effect of women’s home garden training in Bangladesh
Characteristic | Control (n = 171) | Intervention (n = 285) | Sign. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample mean | SD | Sample mean | SD | ||
Household size (persons) | 5.0 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 1.4 | NS |
Dependency ratio | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | NS |
Age of women gardener (years) | 35.9 | 10.9 | 35.6 | 9.8 | NS |
Age of husband (years) | 43.2 | 13.3 | 41.9 | 11.6 | NS |
Education of women gardener (years) | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.3 | NS |
Education of husband (years) | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | NS |
Cultivatable land of household (1000 m2) | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | NS |
Land area used for home garden (m2) | 44.9 | 25.5 | 43.5 | 14.6 | NS |