Table 3 Descriptive statistics of study’s key characteristics and balance test results between the treatment and comparison group by project

Husband age

48.119

(11.611)

46.728

(13.628)

1.392

(0.911)

43.596

(12.859)

43.979

(11.709)

– 0.382

(0.824)

Wife age

38.304

(9.763)

36.775

(11.375)

1.529^**

(0.763)

35.408

(10.869)

36.175

(10.079)

– 0.767

(0.703)

Husband primary education

0.487

(0.500)

0.472

(0.500)

0.015

(0.036)

0.717

(0.451)

0.752

(0.433)

– 0.034

(0.030)

Wife primary education

0.487

(0.500)

0.469

(0.500)

0.018

(0.036)

0.700

(0.459)

0.682

(0.466)

0.018

(0.031)

Muslim

0.526

(0.500)

0.281

(0.450)

0.245^***

(0.035)

0.500

(0.501)

0.482

(0.500)

0.018

(0.034)

Household Size

5.209

(1.852)

5.065

(1.714)

0.145

(0.130)

4.524

(1.464)

4.672

(1.504)

–0.147

(0.100)

Wealth

0.543

(1.521)

0.336

(1.728)

0.206^*

(0.117)

0.003

(1.554)

-0.708

(1.093)

0.711^***

(0.089)

Monthly Expenditure ^a

8.939

(0.454)

8.982

(0.539)

0.044

(0.036)

8.773

(0.535)

8.696

(0.324)

0.077^***

(0.029)

Non-agricultural day labor

0.652

(0.477)

0.343

(0.475)

– 0.137^***

(0.032)

0.734

(0.442)

0.884

(0.236)

– 0.150^***

(0.026)

Population ^a

7.189

(0.943)

7.129

(0.879)

0.061

(0.066)

7.893

(0.559)

7.098

(0.706)

0.795^***

(0.043)

Access to market

9.324

(3.570)

7.472

(3.377)

1.852^***

(0.252)

14.114

(3.371)

12.006

(2.582)

2.107^***

(0.200)

Health clinics

0.689

(0.464)

0.247

(0.432)

0.441^***

(0.033)

0.403

(0.491)

0.305

(0.461)

0.098^***

(0.032)

Primary school

0.937

(0.244)

0.851

(0.356)

0.086^***

(0.022)

0.971

(0.168)

0.895

(0.307)

0.076^***

(0.017)

Secondary school

0.603

(0.490)

0.475

(0.500)

0.129^***

(0.036)

0.597

(0.491)

0.385

(0.487)

0.211^***

(0.033)

Post office

0.333

(0.472)

0.138

(0.345)

0.196^***

(0.030)

0.266

(0.442)

0.200

(0.400)

0.066^**

(0.028)

N

411

356

767

414

475

901