Table 1: Randomization Balance Check

|||||Survey sample||||Games sa|mple|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||(1)<br>Control|(2)<br>CHOICES<br>Only|(3)<br>CHOICES+<br>EMB|(4)|(5)<br>t-test diff<br>{Normalized diff}|(6)|(7)<br>Control|(8)<br>CHOICES|(9)<br>t-test diff<br>{Normalized diff}|
||Mean|Mean|Mean|(1)-(2)|(1)-(3)|(2)-(3)|Mean|Mean|(7)-(8)|
|_Panel A: Adolescent characteristics_||||||||||
|Age (Years)|11.801|11.825|11.866|-0.024|-0.064|-0.041|11.750|11.702|0.048|
|||||{-0.016}|{-0.043}|{-0.027}|||{0.032}|
|Has sibling(s) (Yes=1)|0.983|0.974|0.989|0.009|-0.006|-0.015**|0.981|0.984|-0.003|
|||||{0.062}|{-0.049}|{-0.109}|||{-0.024}|
|Enrolled in school (Yes=1)|0.800|0.813|0.799|-0.014<br>|0.000<br>|0.014<br>|0.832|0.804|0.028<br>|
|||||{-0.034}|{0.000}|{0.035}|||{0.071}|
|Gender Equitable Index Score (0-1)|0.525|0.529|0.531|-0.004<br>|-0.006<br>|-0.002<br>|0.514|0.521|-0.007<br>|
|||||{-0.020}|{-0.028}|{-0.008}|||{-0.034}|
|Number of chores in past week (of 8)|3.241|3.149|3.154|0.092<br>|0.086<br>|-0.005<br>|3.373|3.223|0.150<br>|
|||||{0.037}|{0.035}|{-0.002}|||{0.061}|
|Mental Health Index (SDQ Total 0-20)|6.880|6.841|6.641|0.039|0.239|0.199|7.142|6.746|0.396|
|||||{0.010}|{0.059}|{0.049}|||{0.093}|
|_Panel B: Household characteristics_||||||||||
|Multiple VYA in household (Yes=1)|0.534|0.534|0.556|-0.001|-0.023|-0.022|0.522|0.540|-0.017|
|||||-0.002|-0.046|-0.044|||{-0.035}|
|Type of residence: IDP camp (Yes=1)|0.427|0.413|0.406|0.014|0.021|0.007|0.466|0.473|-0.007|
|||||0.028|0.043|0.015|||{-0.015}|
|Type of residence: Urban (Yes=1)|0.398|0.400|0.404|-0.002|-0.006|-0.004|0.303|0.306|-0.003|
|||||-0.004|-0.012|-0.008|||{-0.007}|
|Type of residence: Rural (Yes=1)|0.175|0.186|0.190|-0.012|-0.015|-0.003|0.231|0.221|0.010|
|||||-0.031|-0.040|-0.009|||{0.025}|
|Household size (Number)|6.471|6.400|6.514|0.071|-0.042|-0.114|6.432|6.500|-0.068|
|||||0.029|-0.017|-0.045|||{-0.028}|
|Household Dietary Diversity Score (0-12)|6.471|6.490|6.478|-0.019|-0.007|0.012|6.106|6.345|-0.239|
|||||{-0.006}|{-0.002}|{0.004}|||{-0.078}|
|Total number of types of assets (0-24)|4.313|4.468|4.165|-0.155<br>|0.148<br>|0.303**<br>|3.947|4.434|-0.487**<br>|
|||||{-0.051}|{0.049}|{0.099}|||{-0.173}|
|Household expenses last 30 days (USD)<br>|192.835|196.342|190.608|-3.508<br>{-0.023}|2.227<br>{0.015}|5.734<br>{0.039}|165.447|175.315|-9.868<br>{-0.081}|
|_Panel C: Parental characteristics_||||||||||
|Father has earning activity (Yes=1)|0.596|0.546|0.543|0.050**|0.054**|0.004|0.634|0.578|0.056|
|||||{0.101}|{0.109}|{0.008}|||{0.115}|
|Mother has earning activity (Yes=1)|0.400|0.388|0.382|0.012|0.018|0.007|0.407|0.412|-0.005|
|||||{0.024}|{0.037}|{0.013}|||{-0.010}|
|Father has some education (Yes=1)|0.213|0.193|0.214|0.019|-0.002|-0.021|0.265|0.204|0.061**|
|||||{0.048}|{-0.005}|{-0.053}|||{0.146}|
|Mother has some education (Yes=1)|0.156|0.174|0.165|-0.018|-0.008|0.009|0.164|0.173|-0.009|
|||||{-0.047}|{-0.022}|{0.025}|||{-0.023}|
|Number of observations|1,068|1,087|1,082||||268|578||
|F-test of joint significance (p-value)||||0.557|0.482|0.285|||0.225|
|F-test, number of observations||||2,155|2,150|2,169|||846|
|***, **, and * indicate significance at the 1, 5,|and 10 perce|nt critical le|vel.|||||||
|All variables in Table 1 measured during the<br>Value variables have been winsorized at the|baseline surv<br>99th percentil|ey<br>e. VYA is "V|ery Young Ad|olescent" mea|ning any children wi|th program eli|gible age of|10-14 years.||

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