Table 1 Background characteristics
Intervention | Transition | Control | p | p | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | 1 vs. 2 | 1 vs. 3 | 2 vs. 3 | |
N | 959 | 2609 | 1979 | |||
Mean age (SD) | 32.1(±.64) | 33.72(±7.4) | 33.37(±7.359) | .000 | .000 | .115 |
Literacy (Can read & write) (%) | 43.8 | 43.4 | 44.0 | .844 | .932 | .718 |
Mean years of schooling | 3.69(±4.10) | 3.63(±4.31) | 3.57(±4.12) | .699 | .491 | .688 |
Educational status (%) | ||||||
No education | 42.4 | 48.4 | 46.8 | .067 | 0.003 | .000 |
Primary incomplete | 16.8 | 11.0 | 11.7 | |||
Primary | 13.0 | 11.2 | 13.1 | |||
Secondary incomplete | 17.3 | 16.8 | 17.9 | |||
Secondary or higher | 10.3 | 11.6 | 9.9 | |||
Don’t know | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | |||
Main occupation (%) | ||||||
Farming | 27.6 | 25.2 | 32.3 | .006 | .014 | .000 |
Day labour | 31.5 | 27.8 | 30.1 | |||
Service | 3.6 | 5.1 | 3.5 | |||
Business (small and big) | 17.2 | 19.2 | 16.3 | |||
Skilled labour | 4.3 | 6.6 | 3.7 | |||
Driver (rickshaw/van) | 11.2 | 10.5 | 7.9 | |||
Others (unemployed, village doctor etc.) | 4.6 | 5.7 | 6.1 |