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Table 2 Household Economy and Receipt of Humanitarian Assistance at Baseline and Endline (in US$)

From: Improving diabetes control for Syrian refugees in Jordan: a longitudinal cohort study comparing the effects of cash transfers and health education interventions

 

BASELINE

ENDLINE

MPC

CHV only

CHV + CCT

P-value

MPC

CHV only

CHV + CCT

P-value

(N = 201)

(N = 156)

(N = 203)

(N = 175)

(N = 128)

(N = 179)

Income & Expenditures (past month)

 Income (excluding humanitarian assistance)

Median

282

–

367

–

384

–

 

212

–

310

–

282

–

 

Mean (SD)

297.9

(215.1)

405.0

(227.0)

383.8

(206.3)

< 0.001

232.9

(242.6)

331.0

(278.7)

292.9

(253.9)

0.005

 Total expenditures

Median

642

–

621

–

660

–

 

709

–

764

–

852

–

 

Mean (SD)

679.8

(399.6)

685.0

(380.2)

700.8

(395.7)

0.856

790.3

(441.0)

848.4

(480.3)

943.9

(640.7)

0.025

Humanitarian Assistance (past month)

 UNHCR MPC

201

(100%)

0

(0.0%)

0

(0.0%)

–

146

(83.4%)

42

(32.8%)

31

(17.3%)

< 0.001

  Amount received (per HH)

Median

169

–

–

–

–

–

 

176

–

169

–

176

–

 

Mean (SD)

174.8

(61.9)

–

–

–

–

–

187.7

(71.6)

175

(56.3)

169.9

(40.3)

0.265

  Amount received (per HH member)

Median

31

–

–

–

–

–

 

31

–

34

–

33

–

 

Mean (SD)

35.9

(21.6)

–

–

–

–

–

39.0

(30.9)

39

(23.3)

36.2

(14.7)

0.871

WFP Food Assistance

 Current WFP recipients (%)

197

(98.0%)

142

(91.0%)

182

(89.7%)

0.002

167

(95.4%)

117

(91.4%)

168

(93.9%)

0.358

 Amount received (per HH)

Median

127

–

106

–

123

–

 

127

–

106

–

102

–

 

Mean (SD)

137.2

(77.1)

120.5

(66.0)

122.6

(60.3)

0.043

138.3

(83.0)

114.0

(66.2)

113.7

(65.1)

0.003

 Amount received (per HH member)

Median

21

–

21

–

21

–

 

23

–

21

–

21

–

 

Mean (SD)

23.3

(9.1)

21.8

(7.1)

22.5

(14.5)

0.445

25.3

(18.1)

20.9

(10.3)

21.6

(16.6)

0.035

 Transfer modality

  E-voucher

9

(4.6%)

14

(9.9%)

15

(8.2%)

0.150

22

(13.2%)

15

(12.8%)

18

(10.7%)

0.765

  Choice (e-voucher or cash)

188

(95.4%)

128

(90.1%)

167

(91.8%)

 

145

(86.8%)

102

(87.2%)

150

(89.3%)

 

Asset Sales and Borrowing

 Sold assets in past 3 months (%)

50

(24.9%)

43

(27.6%)

59

(29.1%)

0.633

37

(21.1%)

38

(29.7%)

58

(32.4%)

0.050

 Borrowed money in past 3 months (%)

153

(76.1%)

123

(78.8%)

159

(78.3%)

0.433

133

(76.0%)

92

(71.9%)

125

(69.8%)

0.533

 Any current debt (%)

172

(88.7%)

130

(91.5%)

183

(92.0%)

0.485

156

(91.8%)

109

(89.3%)

154

(90.1%)

0.762

 Amount of debt a

Median

705

–

765

–

776

–

 

846

–

846

–

917

–

 

Mean (SD)

931.4

(1024.9)

1431.5

(1778.6)

1481.2

(3172.5)

0.031

1619.1

(3184.8)

1994.8

(2603.0)

1491.9

(1929.9)

0.258

  1. Presented as N (%) for binary/categorical variables and median/mean (SD) for continuous variables. Exchange rate: 1 JOD = US$1.41. HH = household
  2. a among those with debt
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