Table 2: Balance of Main Variables at Baseline

||(1)|(2)|(3)||(4)|(5)|(6)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Control|In-kind|Cash|Obs.|(1)=(2|)<br>(1)=(3)|(2)=(3)|
|||**C**|**hild level ch**|**aracteri**|p-value<br>**stics**|p-value|p-value|
|Male|0.51|0.51|0.47|4,405|0.87|0.04**|0.02***|
||(0.02)|(0.01)|(0.01)|||||
|Age|3.10<br>(0.05)|3.17<br>(0.04)|3.17<br>(0.06)|4,448|0.28|0.39|0.97|
|Caloric intake (kcal, daily)|831.67|805.68|817.99|2,347|0.47|0.73|0.72|
||(29.40)|(21.06)|(27.00)|||||
|Iron consumption (mg, daily)|5.25|5.07|5.19|2,392|0.47|0.82|0.67|
||(0.19)|(0.15)|(0.22)|||||
|Zinc consumption (mg, daily)|3.85|3.77|3.62|2,392|0.75|0.40|0.48|
||(0.21)|(0.12)|(0.15)|||||
|Vitamin C consumption (mg, daily)|31.76|29.63|34.92|2,392|0.54|0.51|0.20|
||(3.00)|(1.80)|(3.73)|||||
|Z-score height for age|-0.25|-0.21|-0.27|2,719|0.79|0.91|0.71|
||(0.12)|(0.10)|(0.13)|||||
|Math grade (1-10 scale, previous school year)|7.86<br>(0.05)|7.93<br>(0.04)|7.83<br>(0.06)|3,352|0.33|0.67|0.20|
|Spanish grade (1-10 scale, previous school year)|7.92|7.92|7.82|3,363|0.97|0.21|0.16|
||(0.05)|(0.04)<br>**Hou**|(0.06)<br>**sehold level**|**charact**|**eristics**|||
|Indigenous household|0.33<br>(0.09)|0.26<br>(0.05)|0.27<br>(0.07)|5,444|0.48|0.57|0.93|
|Number of household members|5.93|5.66|5.74|5,444|0.31|0.54|0.77|
||(0.21)|(0.16)|(0.23)|||||
|Household head is married|0.87|0.91|0.92|5,444|0.13|0.04**|0.39|
||(0.02)|(0.01)|(0.01)|||||
|Years of education of household head|7.36|7.30|7.11|5,444|0.88|0.56|0.61|
||(0.30)|(0.22)|(0.29)|||||
|Dirt floor in the home|0.40|0.40|0.41|5,444|0.94|0.88|0.80|
||(0.05)|(0.04)|(0.05)|||||
|Running water in the home|0.65<br>(0.06)|0.52<br>(0.05)|0.42<br>(0.07)|5,444|0.08|0.01***|0.20|
|Monthly per capita total expenditure|382.52|362.34|356.23|5,444|0.47|0.38|0.81|
||(22.46)|(16.54)|(20.07)|||||
|||**Vil**|**lage level c**|**haracter**|**istics**|||
|Distance to closest primary school (km)|1.09|1.06|0.91|200|0.95|0.66|0.59|
||(0.33)|(0.18)|(0.21)|||||
|Closest school is a general school|0.81|0.87|0.80|200|0.30|0.96|0.26|
||(0.06)|(0.03)|(0.05)|||||
|Closest school is a community school|0.06|0.03|0.10|200|0.41|0.45|0.10|
||(0.04)|(0.02)|(0.04)|||||
|Closest school is a indigenous school|0.13|0.10|0.09|200|0.52|0.55|0.97|
||(0.05)|(0.03)|(0.04)|||||
|Student-teacher ratio in closest school|28.53|29.38|28.51|192|0.60|0.99|0.66|
||(1.22)|(1.04)|(1.66)|||||
|Repetition rate in closest school|0.09|0.09|0.12|200|0.70|0.20|0.10|
||(001)|(001)|(002)|||||
|Repetition rate in closest community or|.<br>0.17|.<br>0.19|.<br>0.18|174|0.55|0.82|0.72|
|indigenous school|(003)|(002)|(003)|||||
|Morning shift closest school|.<br>0.85|.<br>0.91|.<br>0.94|200|0.27|0.09*|0.38|
||(0.05)|(0.03)|(0.03)|||||
|Yearly expenditure per child in closest school|4,196.94|4,552.17|4,177.83|200|0.30|0.96|0.26|
|(fees, uniform, books)|(295.41)|(173.22)|(283.11)|||||

Notes: *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 (1) Standard errors in parentheses, clustered at the village level. (2) Data are from the pre-intervention PAL survey and the 2003 Formato 911 school databases. (3) Child consumption data was only collected for children aged 1 to 4 in the preprogram survey. (4) Math and Spanish grades are self-reported recalls of the student's most recent report card, sample includes students currently attending school. (5) A household is defined as indigenous if one or more members speak an indigenous language. (6) Expenditure is the value of non-durable items (food and non-food) consumed in the preceding month, measured in pesos.