Table 2 Social and economic characteristics by treatment group (ANOVA test and pairwise comparison)
Variable | Definition | Mean (S.D.) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment 1 (no information) N = 120 | Treatment 2 (information once) N = 120 | Treatment 3 (information three times) N = 119 | Prob > F | Tukey P > t T1 vs T2 T1 vs T3 T2 vs T3 | ||
Age | Respondent’s age (in years) | 36.24 (11.40) | 35.82 (11.41) | 34.96 (34.96) | 0.73 | 0.33 0.50 0.18 |
Malea | 1 if respondent’s gender is male, 0 otherwise | 45.46% | 23.01% | 37.23% | 0.00 | 0.00c 0.08a 0.03b |
Literate | 1 if respondent knows how to read and write | 78.03% | 76.25% | 73.00% | 0.77 | 0.21 0.37 0.15 |
Household sizeb | Number of HH members | 6.32 (2.53) | 6.06 (2.67) | 5.46 (2.10) | 0.02 | 0.33 0.12 0.06a |
Monthly expenditure | Total expenditures in the last 30 days (in Quetzals) | 2447 (1217) | 2629 (2179) | 2265 (1071) | 0.20 | 0.19 0.17 0.31 |
The Progress out of Poverty index (PPI) | HH Poverty level according to Grameen Foundation Index | 60.93% | 66.47% | 65.45% | 0.31 | 0.44 0.27 0.13 |
Food Frequency Index (FFI) | Counting of 15 food groups consumed in the last 7 days (less than 4 = 0, 4–6 = 1, 7+ = 2) | 6.34 (3.19) | 5.90 (2.44) | 5.93 (2.57) | 0.39 | 0.15 0.19 0.20 |
Infants under 12 months | % HHs with infants less than 12 months old | 22.51% | 25.01% | 20.34% | 0.40 | 0.13 0.21 0.16 |
Children between 1 and 5 years oldc | % HHs with children between 1 and 5 years | 53.32% | 40.03% | 45.20% | 0.06 | 0.00c 0.07a 0.02b |
Quantity of beans at home | Quantity of beans at home when the first sample was delivered (Ibs) | 405.95 (486.34) | 326.54 (460.39) | 343.85 (468.32) | 0.39 | 0.14 0.14 0.11 |
Anemia knowledge | Index describing anemia knowledge (min = 0, max = 12) | 3.48 (3.06) | 3.56 (3.54) | 3.76 (3.69) | 0.81 | 0.18 0.22 0.35 |
Information Retention Indexc | Information Retention Index (min = 0, max = 4) | 0 (0) | 0.991 (0.78) | 1.252 (1.03) | 0.00 | 0.01c 0.00c 0.09a |
Winner | 1 if participant won | 39.10% | 49.12% | 47.02% | 0.26 | 0.20 0.15 0.11 |
Won and paid (% of those who paid among winners) | 1 if participant won and paid | 63.89% | 52.56% | 64.31% | 0.23 | 0.12 0.11 0.23 |
Won and did not pay (% of those who did not pay among winners) | 1 if participant won and did not pay | 17.02%% | 23.72% | 10.70% | 0.17 | 0.19 0.12 0.27 |
Won and could not pay (% of those who could not pay among winners) | 1 if participant won and could not pay | 19.13% | 23.72% | 25.01% | 0.27 | 0.19 0.23 0.12 |
% of those who stated no money as reason for no pay | 1 if lack of money was the main reason for no payment | 9.40% | 10.92% | 10.92% | 0.14 | 0.11 0.15 0.11 |