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Table 1 Comparison of means of baseline characteristics by treatment group

From: The impact of soft skills training on female youth employment: evidence from a randomized experiment in Jordan

 

Soft skills

Control

p value

Stratifying variables

   

 In Amman, Salt, or Zarwa

0.44

0.44

 

 Tawjihi score above median

0.55

0.55

 

 Low desire to work full-time

0.41

0.41

 

 Is allowed to travel to the market alone

0.51

0.51

 

Other baseline variables

   

 Age

21.1

21.3

0.214

 Married

0.14

0.14

0.850

 Mother currently works

0.07

0.07

0.865

 Father currently works

0.59

0.56

0.238

 Has previously worked

0.17

0.15

0.430

 Has a job set up for after graduation

0.09

0.06

0.076

 Has taken specialized English training

0.26

0.31

0.068

 Household owns car

0.64

0.63

0.771

 Household owns computer

0.74

0.71

0.176

 Household has internet

0.22

0.27

0.032

 Prefers government work to private sector

0.80

0.81

0.582

Sample size

599

748

 

Joint orthogonality test

  

0.190

  1. Note: p values are from regressions which control for randomization strata. As a result, they are not available for the variables which were used for stratification