Table IV Balancing test of matched...

Table IV

Balancing test of matched samples

	Unmatched samples			Kernel-based matching			Nearest-neighbor matching
Explanatory variables	Participating households (n=72)	Control households (n=126)	Diff: p-value	Participating households (n=72)	Control households (n=98)	Diff: p-value	Participating households (n=72)	Control households (n=98)	Diff: p-value
Average age	24.57	26.08	0.354	24.67	24.60	0.967	24.57	24.35	0.89
Proportion of household members<6	0.11	0.11	0.886	0.11	0.10	0.554	0.11	0.09	0.34
Proportion of household members >60	0.05	0.07	0.507	0.05	0.05	0.977	0.05	0.06	0.71
Household size	5.71	5.87	0.646	5.71	5.70	0.977	5.71	5.56	0.66
Proportion of household members that eat household beans but do not contribute labor of financial support	0.23	0.18	0.135	0.22	0.21	0.749	0.23	0.19	0.31
Proportion of household members that eat, provide labor and financial support	0.37	0.35	0.511	0.37	0.34	0.449	0.37	0.34	0.41
Too weak to cultivate your fields	0.54	0.35	0.008	0.51	0.53	0.859	0.54	0.57	0.74
Had to cultivate your fields alone	0.54	0.35	0.000	0.56	0.59	0.713	0.58	0.58	1.00
Had the option of receiving extra help from paid labor	0.28	0.57	0.000	0.29	0.34	0.568	0.28	0.36	0.29
Had the option of receiving extra help from voluntary family members	0.50	0.56	0.391	0.53	0.53	0.853	0.50	0.43	0.41

	Unmatched samples			Kernel-based matching			Nearest-neighbor matching
Explanatory variables	Participating households (n=72)	Control households (n=126)	Diff: p-value	Participating households (n=72)	Control households (n=98)	Diff: p-value	Participating households (n=72)	Control households (n=98)	Diff: p-value
Average age	24.57	26.08	0.354	24.67	24.60	0.967	24.57	24.35	0.89
Proportion of household members<6	0.11	0.11	0.886	0.11	0.10	0.554	0.11	0.09	0.34
Proportion of household members >60	0.05	0.07	0.507	0.05	0.05	0.977	0.05	0.06	0.71
Household size	5.71	5.87	0.646	5.71	5.70	0.977	5.71	5.56	0.66
Proportion of household members that eat household beans but do not contribute labor of financial support	0.23	0.18	0.135	0.22	0.21	0.749	0.23	0.19	0.31
Proportion of household members that eat, provide labor and financial support	0.37	0.35	0.511	0.37	0.34	0.449	0.37	0.34	0.41
Too weak to cultivate your fields	0.54	0.35	0.008	0.51	0.53	0.859	0.54	0.57	0.74
Had to cultivate your fields alone	0.54	0.35	0.000	0.56	0.59	0.713	0.58	0.58	1.00
Had the option of receiving extra help from paid labor	0.28	0.57	0.000	0.29	0.34	0.568	0.28	0.36	0.29
Had the option of receiving extra help from voluntary family members	0.50	0.56	0.391	0.53	0.53	0.853	0.50	0.43	0.41