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Table 1 Comparison of worker characteristics in the living wage factory and the comparison factory prior to and after statistical matching

From: The impact of a private sector living wage intervention on consumption and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a middle income country

 

Before matching

After matching

Living wage factory

Comparison factory

p-value

Comparison factory

p-value

Age

35

34

0.025

36

0.073

Female

0.76

0.57

0.0031

0.75

0.83

Height

162

162

0.89

161

0.32

Formal education

3.7

4.6

0.95

3.1

0.050

Work experience

13

13

0.42

13

0.80

Good childhood health

0.61

0.68

0.27

0.72

0.10

Latrine in childhood

0.13

0.21

0.15

0.22

0.09

Electricity in childhood

0.70

0.54

0.017

0.72

0.75

  1. Table notes: Age is in years, height is in centimeters, formal education is in years, work experience is in years. Female, poor childhood health, latrine in childhood and electricity in childhood are dichotomous measures – values in table are prevalence proportion
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BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

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