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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 5 Identifying the balance between two groups

From: Financial inclusion also leads to social inclusion—myth or reality? Evidences from self-help groups led microfinance of Assam

Variables

Mean

t test

Treated

Control

% Bias

t

p >|t|

Age

31.47

29.77

3.0

0.26

0.797

Education

5.58

5.97

− 7.0

− 0.63

0.528

Agricultural land holding (In Bigha)

1.88

2.33

− 9.4

− 0.86

0.389

Cast

0.52

0.63

− 5.6

− 0.53

0.598

Religion

0.58

0.52

0.0

0.00

1.000

Distance from Bank (in Km)

4.86

4.35

2.5

0.21

0.833

Consumption expenditure

1906.70

1914.50

− 10.6

− 0.88

0.378

Pseudo-R2

0.037

LR chi2

3.52

p > chi2

0.966

  1. Source: Authors’ own calculation based on primary data