before and after the program had taken place. But also more qualitative questions were asked such as why they had arranged themselves in the way they had and what kind of constraints they faced. In the following some very simple measures are presented in order to give an impression of the data.<sup>4</sup> _Table 1. Means and standard deviations of selected variables_

||Mal|es|Fem|ales|Agricu|lture|Cou|ture|Electr|onics|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Variable|Mean<br>|Std. Dev.|Mean<br>|Std. Dev.|Mean<br>|Std. Dev.|Mean<br>|Std. Dev.|Mean|Std. Dev.|
|Participation|0.385|0.487|0.469|0.500|0.489|0.502|0.343|0.476|0.425|0.495|
|Woman|0.000|0.000|1.000|0.000|1.000|0.000|0.221|0.416|0.057|0.232|
|Illiterate|0.087|0.282|0.719|0.451|0.993|0.085|0.122|0.328|0.039|0.195|
|Literate|0.427|0.495|0.104|0.306|0.007|0.085|0.558|0.498|0.307|0.462|
|Education>2|0.486|0.501|0.177|0.383|0.000|0.000|0.320|0.468|0.654|0.477|
|Age<30|0.407|0.492|0.146|0.354|0.007|0.085|0.376|0.486|0.456|0.499|
|Age 30-39|0.410|0.493|0.229|0.421|0.158|0.366|0.442|0.498|0.386|0.488|
|Age 40-49|0.101|0.302|0.224|0.418|0.309|0.464|0.122|0.328|0.061|0.241|
|Age>49|0.014|0.118|0.323|0.469|0.446|0.499|0.017|0.128|0.009|0.093|
|<br>Age unknown|0.067|0.251|0.078|0.269|0.079|0.271|0.044|0.206|0.088|0.284|
|Exp<5|0.183|0.387|0.073|0.261|0.000|0.000|0.050|0.218|0.307|0.462|
|Exp 5-10|0.250|0.434|0.146|0.354|0.000|0.000|0.320|0.468|0.259|0.439|
|Exp>10|0.567|0.496|0.781|0.414|1.000|0.000|0.630|0.484|0.434|0.497|
|Agriculture|0.000|0.000|0.724|0.448|1.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|
|Tailoring|0.396|0.490|0.208|0.407|0.000|0.000|1.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|
|Electronics|0.604|0.490|0.068|0.252|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|1.000|0.000|
|Abengourou|0.124|0.330|0.010|0.102|0.000|0.000|0.066|0.249|0.149|0.357|
|Abidjan|0.225|0.418|0.057|0.233|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.399|0.491|
|Biankouma|0.000|0.000|0.724|0.448|1.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|
|Bouaké|0.213|0.410|0.099|0.299|0.000|0.000|0.271|0.446|0.202|0.402|
|Daloa|0.070|0.256|0.005|0.072|0.000|0.000|0.144|0.352|0.000|0.000|
|Man|0.222|0.416|0.047|0.212|0.000|0.000|0.337|0.474|0.118|0.324|
|Yamoussoukro|0.146|0.354|0.057|0.233|0.000|0.000|0.182|0.387|0.132|0.339|
|0 employees|0.197|0.398|0.036|0.188|0.007|0.085|0.238|0.427|0.145|0.353|
|1-3 employees|0.531|0.500|0.354|0.480|0.259|0.440|0.398|0.491|0.654|0.477|
|4-6 employees|0.185|0.389|0.188|0.391|0.194|0.397|0.199|0.400|0.171|0.377|
|7-9 employees|0.039|0.195|0.047|0.212|0.029|0.168|0.083|0.276|0.018|0.132|
|10+ employees|0.048|0.214|0.375|0.485|0.511|0.502|0.083|0.276|0.013|0.114|
|CA bef. PAFPA|153907|182031|55749|92322|20497|9855|191405|219294|122813|126325|
|Revenue bef. PAF|90800|147857|32732|43158|19194|9511|111531|173672|69097|103347|
|CA aft. PAFPA|157717|197462|60217|102529|20320|11395|206723|248048|120472|118861|
|Revenue aft. PAF|120241|196303|46492|99085|16475|11566|177950|250479|75585|109739|
|N|356||192||139||181||228||

In table 1 means and standard deviations are seen for different subgroups in the sample. 192 (35%) of the individuals in the sample are women. The distribution of individuals across

> 4 The data have been carefully described in the study of CEPRASS.

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