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Table 9 Test of covariate balance

From: Impact of large-scale agricultural investments on the food security status of local community in Gambella region, Ethiopia

Variables

t-test for matched

Block ID

1

2

3

4

5

Sex

0.8692

0.2764

0.3632

0.9255

0.5794

Marital status

0.8135

0.1206

0.1537

0.9321

0.2720

Age

0.6959

0.8943

0.7704

0.1739

0.8333

Education

0.9118

0.5269

0.5838

0.5163

0.2263

Occupation

0.5064

0.6108

0.0727

0.0897

0.4961

Family size

0.7543

0.2214

0.5528

0.6012

0.7237

Dependency ratio

0.4582

0.7340

0.7469

0.3517

0.5850

Land size

0.7578

0.6698

0.2469

0.5430

0.1275

Livestock (TLU)

0.2249

0.6256

0.7002

0.5680

0.7612

Distance water point

0.0655

0.7668

0.7695

0.7358

0.3668

Distance to road

0.5922

0.0015

0.0576

0.7689

0.0211

Distance to education

0.7237

0.3610

0.8598

0.8377

0.2676

Distance to health

0.1028

0.2388

0.8855

0.7561

0.8138

Distance to market

0.3303

0.8451

0.4276

0.1426

0.1374

Livelihood index

0.4645

0.4892

0.6999

0.6885

0.1887

Radio as info source

0.5064

0.3137

0.9726

0.4818

0.2940

Ext. as info source

0.6271

0.9720

0.3757

0.5743

0.8925

Family as info source

0.3784

0.2261

0.8105

0.7266

0.2991

Admin as info source

0.9134

0.9407

0.5334

0.6096

0.2148

Access to credit

0.1313

0.2987

0.9099

0.9494

0.8545

Improved seed use

0.2810

0.1238

0.9327

0.8395

0.6737

  1. The table reports the p value of each covariate for each stratum across affected (treated) and unaffected households (matched comparison) groups
  2. Source: own survey, 2018
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Agriculture & Food Security

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