Table 2

Baseline Characteristics: Differences by Selection Year

Means by Selection YearDifferences between Selection Years
2003
Selected
(1)
2004
Selected
(2)
2005
Selected
(3)
2006
Selected
(4)
Difference
2004–2003
(5)
Difference
2005–2003
(6)
Difference
2006–2003
(7)
Panel A: Village-Level Characteristics
Number of households23933035038591.8**111.4***146.6*
[165][232][186][316](38.94)(35.31)(85.21)
Household size5.2595.2785.1095.2290.019−0.150−0.03
[0.608][0.408][0.5012][0.522](0.097)(0.109)(0.157)
Proportion: population unemployed0.2670.2880.3040.2730.0210.0360.006
[0.253][0.230][0.261][0.280](0.051)(0.051)(0.080)
Proportion of HHs with income from:
 Formal employment0.3610.3700.3720.3710.0090.0110.001
[0.080][0.078][0.064][0.082](0.015)(0.014)(0.024)
 Government pensions0.0960.0950.1050.094−0.0000.009−0.002
[0.0301][0.028][0.027][0.028](0.006)(0.006)(0.008)
 Government assistance0.0090.0090.0110.007−0.0000.002−0.002
[0.013][0.016][0.016][0.009](0.003)(0.003)(0.003)
 Self-employment0.5280.5200.5040.530−0.008−0.024**0.002
[0.059][0.060][0.045][0.074](0.011)(0.010)(0.021)
Proportion with secondary education (adults)0.5660.5480.5680.539−0.0180.002−0.027
[0.075][0.096][0.070][0.115](0.017)(0.014)(0.031)
Observations (number of villages)61514614
Panel B: Household-Level Characteristics
Main drinking water source is:
 Shared piped water0.2110.3640.6040.1530.394*
[0.410][0.483][0.492](0.162)(0.203)
 Unprotected water0.3470.2630.313−0.085−0.035
[0.479][0.442][0.466](0.196)(0.240)
 Water <200m from HH0.7160.8990.6980.183−0.018
[0.453][0.303][0.462](0.138)(0.145)
Number of land plots1.9471.7581.885−0.190−0.0620
[0.305][0.431][0.432](0.123)(0.131)
Total size of plots (sq. meters)15,49314,18821,001−1,3065,508
[10,434][11,824][12,815](4,021)(4,587)
Proportion of land:
 Cultivated0.9480.9510.9490.0030.001
[0.206][0.210][0.216](0.035)(0.055)
 Privately owned0.9720.9740.9650.0120.008
[0.175][0.141][0.158](0.030)(0.036)
 Land irrigated0.9910.9610.949−0.030−0.042
[0.085][0.187][0.213](0.017)*(0.034)
Farm-related expenditures (KGS)2,5332,6503,535117.41,002
[2,989][3,691][3,551](1,031)(1,105)
Observations (number of households)959996
  • Notes: The selection year is the year the village was chosen for treatment. Village-level characteristics are calculated using 1999 Census data from the Kyrgyz National Statistics Committee. The number of observations (villages) in each Column of Panel A match the number of villages selected in each of the years, except 2004 in which there was one village that could not be matched to the census data. Household-level characteristics are calculated using the Kyrgyz Integrated Household Survey for 2003. Columns 1–4 shows variable means by selection year, with standard deviations in brackets. Columns 5–7 show differences between selection years and the standard errors are in parentheses with statistical significance denoted by: ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1. Household calculations have standard errors clustered at the village level. Plot size variable drops outliers (top 5% of observations).