Table 2 Mean baseline characteristics of the sample, 2013
From: Impacts of a home garden intervention in Bangladesh after one, three and six years
Intervention (n = 380) | Control (n = 215) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Household size (persons) | 4.85 (1.51) | 4.97 (1.56) | 0.365 |
Men (persons) | 2.36 (1.07) | 2.48 (1.20) | 0.211 |
Women (persons) | 2.49 (1.17) | 2.49 (1.13) | 0.970 |
Adults (persons) | 2.85 (1.14) | 2.99 (1.22) | 0.176 |
Children under 5 (persons) | 1.39 (1.02) | 1.31 (1.05) | 0.366 |
Children < 12 months (persons) | 0.61 (0.60) | 0.67 (0.62) | 0.237 |
Cultivated a garden (1 = yes) | 0.70 (0.46) | 0.75 (0.43) | 0.138 |
Garden size (m2) | 20.87 (28.05) | 18.63 (22.19) | 0.283 |
Garden practices (number) | 0.02 (0.12) | 0.02 (0.20) | 0.626 |
Challenges in gardening (number) | 0.57 (1.07) | 0.71 (1.14) | 0.140 |
Women involved in garden (1 = yes) | 70.08 (20.02) | 69.32 (20.70) | 0.713 |
Men involved in garden (1 = yes) | 26.45 (19.55) | 27.84 (19.71) | 0.480 |
Children involved in garden (1 = yes) | 3.47 (7.56) | 2.83 (6.68) | 0.364 |
Garden production (kg/year) | 86.77 (125.67) | 87.04 (129.07) | 0.980 |
Garden production summer season (kg) | 38.17 (75.50) | 37.89 (84.32) | 0.968 |
Garden production winter season (kg) | 48.60 (84.62) | 49.15 (81.26) | 0.938 |