Overall N = 934a | VSLA Only (Control n = 421)a | VSLA Plus GDG (Treatment n = 513)a | p-valueb | |
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Age in years | 37.7 (s.d. = 11.5) | 37.7 (s.d. =12.1) | 37.7 (s.d. = 10.9) | 0.96 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 767 (82.1) | 342 (81.2) | 425 (82.9) | |
Not married | 167 (17.9) | 79 (18.8) | 88 (17.2) | |
Lives with partner | 124 (13.3) | 61 (14.5) | 63 (12.3) | 0.58 |
Does not live with partner | 43 (4.6) | 18 (4.3) | 25 (4.9) | |
Women’s occupation | ||||
Farmer only | 145 (15.5) | 61 (14.5) | 84 (16.4) | |
Small business owner only | 425 (45.5) | 194 (46.1) | 231 (45.0) | 0.08 |
Farmer and small business owner | 308 (33.0) | 132 (31.4) | 176 (34.3) | |
Other | 56 (6.0) | 34 (8.1) | 22 (4.3) | |
Ethnicity | ||||
Yacouba | 585 (62.6) | 275 (65.3) | 310 (60.4) | |
Senoufo, Dioula, or Guere | 140 (15.0) | 63 (15.0) | 77 (15.0) | 0.19 |
Other | 209 (22.4) | 83 (19.7) | 126 (24.6) | |
Educationc | ||||
None | 657 (70.6) | 288 (68.7) | 369 (72.1) | |
Primary | 212 (22.8) | 97 (23.2) | 115 (21.5) | 0.24 |
Secondary and above | 62 (6.7) | 34 (8.1) | 28 (5.5) | |
Religionc | ||||
Christian | 409 (44.3) | 176 (42.3) | 233 (46.0) | |
Muslim | 139 (15.1) | 73 (17.6) | 66 (13.0) | 0.19 |
Traditional | 161 (17.4) | 67 (16.1) | 94 (18.5) | |
Other/None | 214 (23.2) | 100 (24.0) | 114 (22.5) | |
Number of pregnancies | ||||
0 | 29 (3.1) | 9 (2.1) | 20 (3.9) | |
1-3 | 220 (23.6) | 111 (26.4) | 109 (21.3) | 0.07 |
≥4 | 685 (73.3) | 301 (71.5) | 384 (74.9) | |
Partner’s occupationc | ||||
Farming | 729 (79.8) | 318 (77.2) | 411 (81.9) | 0.08 |
Non-farming | 185 (20.2) | 94 (22.8) | 91 (18.1) |