Table S1.4: BASELINE BALANCING

||_Trea_|_tment Grou_|_p_|_Co_|_ntrol Group_||_Dif_|_ference_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Mean|SD|N|Mean|SD|N|t-test|Normalized|
||(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|(6)|(7)|(8)|
|_A. Socio-economic Status:_|||||||||
|Wealth (BDT)|5373.04|20145.37|4,045|6570.46|41750.82|2,687|0.449|-0.026|
|Consumption (BDT)|9921.14|4411.00|3,822|9687.54|4677.66|2,474|0.552|0.036|
|Literacy|0.07|0.26|4,023|0.07|0.25|2,675|0.624|0.017|
|Height (cm)|148.72|5.36|3,773|148.70|5.39|2,456|0.941|0.002|
|<br>_B. Informal Transfers Received:_|||||||||
|<br>Received any transfers during last year|0.20|0.40|4,045|0.25|0.43|2,687|0.251|-0.090|
|Value of transfers received (BDT)|223.97|1189.77|4,045|339.49|2443.29|2,687|0.260|-0.043|
|Ever receives food|0.93|0.26|4,043|0.91|0.28|2,687|0.659|0.028|
|Number of food transfer sources|2.11|0.93|4,045|2.27|0.96|2,687|0.159|-0.126|
|Fraction of transfer sources within village|0.90|0.23|3,798|0.86|0.26|2,523|0.141|0.102|
|_C. Informal Transfers Given:_|||||||||
|Gave any transfers during last year|0.02|0.14|4,045|0.02|0.14|2,687|0.716|-0.010|
|Value of transfers given (BDT)|34.72|734.69|4,045|60.97|1386.18|2,687|0.465|-0.017|
|<br>Ever gives food|0.46|0.50|4,043|0.41|0.49|2,687|0.471|0.064|
|Number of food transfer recipients|1.02|1.22|4,045|0.98|1.26|2,687|0.822|0.021|
|Fraction of transfer recipients within village|0.96|0.17|1,867|0.94|0.20|1,123|0.247|0.061|
|_D. Reciprocity:_|||||||||
|<br>Reciprocity of transfers within-village|0.43|0.44|3,711|0.41|0.44|2,442|0.677|0.033|
|Reciprocity with ultra-poor HH’s|0.65|0.47|882|0.57|0.49|303|0.213|0.119|
|Reciprocity with other poor HH’s|0.54|0.49|1,271|0.51|0.49|922|0.537|0.052|
|Reciprocity with middle class HH’s|0.36|0.46|2,584|0.36|0.46|1,831|0.985|-0.002|
|<br>Reciprocity with upper class HH’s|0.12|0.32|774|0.18|0.37|662|0.195|-0.109|
|<br>Received transfer from an employer|0.10|0.30|4,045|0.10|0.30|2,687|0.920|0.004|
|_E. Likelihood of transfers from/to other wealth classes:_|||||||||
|Received any transfers from...|||||||||
|<br>... other poor|0.31|0.46|4,045|0.34|0.47|2,687|0.389|-0.043|
|... middle class|0.64|0.48|4,045|0.68|0.47|2,687|0.204|-0.063|
|... upper class|0.19|0.39|4,045|0.25|0.43|2,687|0.015|-0.095|
|Gave any transfers to...|||||||||
|... other poor|0.22|0.41|4,045|0.22|0.41|2,687|0.976|-0.002|
|... middle class|0.28|0.45|4,045|0.29|0.45|2,687|0.807|-0.019|
|... upper class|0.02|0.15|4,045|0.04|0.20|2,687|0.053|-0.079|

**Source:** Author’s analysis based on original survey data. **Notes:** The sample includes observations from the baseline survey and is limited to ultra-poor households. Columns 1,2,3 (4,5,6) give the mean, strandard deviation and number of observations respectively for the relevant variable in treatment (control) communities. Column 7 reports the p-value for the test of equality of treatment and control samples’ means with the standard errors clustered at the branch office level (unit of randomization); column 8 reports normalized differences computed as the difference in means in treatment and control observations divided by the square root of the sum of the variances. For variable definitions, see section 8. All monetary values are in Bangladeshi TAKAs. In 2007, 1USD=69BDT.