Table 1: Baseline Balance Household level (Full sample)

||(1<br>Treat|)<br>ment|(2<br>Con|)<br>trol|(3<br>To|)<br>tal|T-test<br>Diference|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Variable|N/[Clusters]|Mean/SE|N/[Clusters]|Mean/SE|N/[Clusters]|Mean/SE|(1)-(2)|
|**Household level**||||||||
|Household size|928<br>|6.015<br>|1062<br>|6.085<br>|1990<br>|6.052<br>|-0.070|
||[18]|(0.219)|[18]|(0.171)|[36]|(0.135)||
|Number of children aged 6 or less|928<br>|1.547<br>|1062<br>|1.603<br>|1990<br>|1.577<br>|-0.055|
||[18]|(0.063)|[18]|(0.045)|[36]|(0.038)||
|Number of children aged 7 to 15 in the hh|928<br>|1.561<br>|1062<br>|1.612<br>|1990<br>|1.588<br>|-0.051|
||[18]|(0.076)|[18]|(0.074)|[36]|(0.053)||
|Number of economically active members in the hh|928<br>|1.787<br>|1062<br>|1.881<br>|1990<br>|1.837<br>|-0.095|
||[18]|(0.093)|[18]|(0.081)|[36]|(0.062)||
|Household head is a female|919|0.104|1055|0.088|1974|0.096|0.016**|
||[18]|(0.013)|[18]|(0.013)|[36]|(0.009)||
|Household head age|919|40.260|1055|40.462|1974|40.368|-0.202|
||[18]|(0.522)|[18]|(0.374)|[36]|(0.313)||
|Household head is a mossi|916|0.693|1053|0.741|1969|0.719|-0.048|
||[18]|(0.085)|[18]|(0.072)|[36]|(0.054)||
|Household head is in monogamous marriage|918|0.702|1054|0.683|1972|0.692|0.018|
||[18]|(0.033)|[18]|(0.034)|[36]|(0.024)||
|Household head is non educated|919|0.456|1055|0.430|1974|0.442|0.026|
||[18]|(0.034)|[18]|(0.031)|[36]|(0.022)||
|Household head is working|919|0.768|1054|0.787|1973|0.778|-0.018|
||[18]|(0.024)|[18]|(0.027)|[36]|(0.018)||
|Age of brigadiere|928|30.764|1062|30.981|1990|30.880|-0.217|
||[18]|(0.305)|[18]|(0.367)|[36]|(0.242)||
|Brigadiere is in monogamous marriage|928|0.683|1062|0.668|1990|0.675|0.016|
||[18]|(0.033)|[18]|(0.032)|[36]|(0.023)||
|Brigadiere is non educated|928|0.444|1062|0.478|1990|0.462|-0.034|
||[18]|(0.030)|[18]|(0.033)|[36]|(0.023)||
|Brigadiere total monthly income|928|16559.433|1062|21178.503|1990|19024.484|-4619.070|
||[18]|(2495.596)|[18]|(4513.668)|[36]|(2754.983)||
|Brigadiere total work duration in hours per week|928|27.683|1062|37.314|1990|32.822|-9.631**|
||[18]|(3.545)|[18]|(5.207)|[36]|(3.580)||
|Brigadiere has worked for 1 h last 30 days|928|0.985|1062|0.972|1990|0.978|0.013*|
||[18]|(0.005)|[18]|(0.010)|[36]|(0.006)||
|Brigadiere has worked for 1 h last 6 months|928|0.996|1062|0.991|1990|0.993|0.005|
||[18]|(0.002)|[18]|(0.005)|[36]|(0.003)||
|Time in hours taking care of children during last 24h|928|5.760|1062|6.045|1990|5.912|-0.285|
||[18]|(0.365)|[18]|(0.198)|[36]|(0.195)||
|Time in hours cooking/washing/housework during last 24h|928|2.417|1062|2.598|1990|2.513|-0.181**|
||[18]|(0.123)|[18]|(0.097)|[36]|(0.079)||
|Time in hours spent at school during last 24h|928|0.049|1062|0.050|1990|0.050|-0.001|
||[18]|(0.023)|[18]|(0.019)|[36]|(0.015)||
|Time in hours doing a paid job during last 24h|928|3.504|1062|3.420|1990|3.459|0.084|
||[18]|(0.238)|[18]|(0.401)|[36]|(0.239)||
|Household had any children in a creche in the past 24 hours|928|0.028|1062|0.016|1990|0.022|0.012|
||[18]|(0.008)|[18]|(0.004)|[36]|(0.004)||

_Notes:_ The value displayed for t-tests are the differences in the means across the groups. Standard errors are clustered at variable commune. Fixed effects using variable id sample are included in all estimation regressions. ***, **, and * indicate significance at the 1, 5, and 10 percent critical level.

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