**_Table 1_** _– Descriptive Statistics at Baseline and at the Final Round_

||**Baseline**||**Fina**|**l Round**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**variable(% of)**<br>|**control**<br>**treatment fu**|**ll sample**|**control**|**treatment f **|**ull sample**|
|**Assets' ownership**||||||
|furnitures (bed, table, chairs)|0.09<br>0.08|0.09|**0.1 *****|**0.24**|**0.17**|
|animals (chicken, goats, others)|0.11<br>0.13|0.12|**0.11 *****|**0.89**|**0.49**|
|agricoltural tools(hoe,axe,sickle)|0.9<br>0.88|0.88|**0.8 *****|**0.96**|**0.89**|
|**Shocks(over thepast 2yrs)**||||||
|lower yields due to drought/floods|0.43 ***<br>0.59|0.49|**0.21**|**0.19**|**0.2**|
|crop disease|0.26<br>0.30|0.28|**0.11 ****|**0.17**|**0.14**|
|livestock stolen or died|0.19<br>0.17|0.18|**0.08 *****|**0.28**|**0.18**|
|rise in price of food|0.53<br>0.57|0.55|**0.48 *****|**0.57**|**0.52**|
|birth in hh in past 2 years|0.05<br>0.06|0.06|0.01|0.01|0.01|
|theft|0.09<br>0.08|0.09|0.06|0.04|0.05|
|house damage|0.37<br>0.38|0.37|**0.31 *****|**0.18**|**0.25**|
|**Social safety nets**||||||
|Free food distribution|0.34<br>0.30|0.32|**0.20 *****|**0.13**|**0.16**|
|Agricoltural inputs (starter pack)|0.07<br>0.1|0.08|**0.00 *****|**0.03**|**0.02**|
|Inputs subsidy program|0.40 ***<br>0.49|0.44|0.52 ***|0.66|0.59|
|**Annual consumption expendituresp**|**er adult equivalent**|||||
|Total consumption (mean)|3593.4<br>3944.7|3763.2|**4361.2 *****|**28247.8**|**15905.8**|
|tot cons (median)|1648<br>1748|1681.2|**2127.9 *****|**23060.2**|**9207.8**|
|Food consumption (mean)|2630.4<br>2798.9|2711.8|**2695.3 *****|**20111.2**|**11112.6**|
|food cons(median)|547.3<br>751.1|630.3|**511.5 *****|**16156.3**|**4471.0**|
|**Private transfers**||||||
|Gifts|0.32 *<br>0.37|0.34|**0.35 *****|**0.08**|**0.22**|
|Remittances|0.08<br>0.07|0.07|**0.05 *****|**0.01**|**0.03**|
|Loans(informal)|0.13<br>0.16|0.14|0.12|0.13|0.13|
|**Head of household's characteristics**||||||
|gender (female=1)|0.65<br>0.63|0.64|0.67|0.63|0.65|
|no education|0.63 ***<br>0.43|0.53|0.61 ***|0.47|0.54|
|age (mean)|63.8 **<br>60.9|62.4|65.1 ***|61.4|63.3|
|over 65|0.61 ***<br>0.51|0.56|0.62 ***|0.50|0.57|
|poor health status (self reported)|0.77<br>0.74|0.75|**0.67 *****|**0.3**|**0.49**|
|sick for more than 1 month|0.31<br>0.35|0.33|**0.22 ****|**0.17**|**0.2**|
|married|0.26<br>0.27|0.27|**0.25 ***|**0.3**|**0.27**|
|single|0.02<br>0.02|0.02|0.02|0.02|0.02|
|widow|0.56<br>0.53|0.57|**0.57 ****|**0.51**|**0.54**|
|divorced|0.15<br>0.16|0.16|0.15|0.16|0.16|
|**Household characteristics**||||||
|presence of orphans|0.46 ***<br>0.59|0.52|0.43 ***|0.52|0.47|
|<br>hhsize|3.5 ***<br>4.7|4.1|3.5 ***|4.5|4|
|hhchildren|2.05 ***<br>3.09|2.55|2 ***|2.8|2.4|
|persons living with HIV|0.03<br>0.02|0.03|0.04|0.05|0.04|
|members with disabilities|0.22<br>0.21|0.21|0.14|0.12|0.13|
|chronically ill adults|0.31<br>0.35|0.33|**0.24 ***|**0.20**|**0.22**|
|**Notes**: based on the sample of 749<br>nr of meals the daybefore|h (387 control and 362 t<br>1.49<br>1.46|reatment). "<br>1.47|*" indicates sig<br>**1.50 *****|nificance le<br>**2.4**|vel (at the<br>**1.9**|

**Notes** : based on the sample of 749h (387 control and 362 treatment). "*" indicates significance level (at the *** 1% level, ** 5% level, * 10% level) of t-test comparing treatment and control. Figures in **bold** highlight the most relevant changes occurred at the final round compared to baseline.

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