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Exercise 4C. Cash Transfer Program in Niger The Save the Children CT program provided cash benefits in Niger to poor and very poor families with least one malnourished child between the ages of 6 months and 3 years old. (Acutely maln children were excluded from the study and referred to the nearest supplementary feeding center.) study gathered data on the families two weeks before they received their first cash payment and approximately 6 months later, after the families had received 5 monthly payments. The goal of the study was to evaluate the impact of the payments on family expenditures and well-being. ourished The Table 2 shows expenditures and income among study participants at baseline (before payments) and at the final survey. Money is in West African Francs. 467 Evaluation of a cash trareder programme in Niger inte quartile range) expenditures and incomes between rounds eaclusive of those households withou Table 2 Companson ol median (and expendtures and inoomes: n 412) in a pre-post i nutritional emergency among households with a non-aculely mainourished child iSional cash ranslers during a nervention observational study on the nole of uncond aged 6-36 months, Aguib district, Marad mgion. Niger Final survey P value Medan Money spent in past 3 months (CFAT) 4350-10000 0001 17 3250 1500-6000 Adult's clofing Children's clothing Other clothing < 0001 300-1600 1000-2000 150-1500 1500 e0001 500 Money spent last month (CFA) 0001 <0001 c0001 c0001 001 c0001 3500-11400 412 21000 15000-26000) < 150-1200 350-1000 250-750 Household medical 103 6400 412 95 Chid lood Child medical Child non-food 100-600 400-1250 200 Money spent last week (CFA) 1200-3000 4125000 3490-7000 <0001 Household food 88-850 100-500 1000 475 く0001 c 0001 c 0001 200 250-800 Househoild non-bod Child food Chld medical Chiad non-lood 43-A00 50-200 202 嗇 100-500 <0001 125 6000 75-250 3000-10000 100-500 5500-16000 175 11500 Income in past month (CFA) P value for two-sample Wilowon rank-sum (Mann-Whitney U eat West Atican fane 1. On average, what was the largest weekly expense for families at baseline (before the start of cash transfers)? d 2. On average, what was the smallest expense for families during the previous week at baseline?C 3. What percentage of families spent less than 100 francs on child medical expenses in the lastY month, during to the final survey? What percentage of families spent more than 2000 francs on child food expenses in the last month, during the final survey? During the final survey, what percentage of families spent between 900 and 3500 francs on household non-food expenses in the last month? 4. 5. 6. What is the 25th percentile for Adult's clothing expenses at baseline? 7. What is the 75h percentile for Adult's clothing expenses during the final survey? 8. Was there more variation in child food expenses last week at baseline or in the final survey? How do you know? 9. In the final survey, which clothing expense had the least variation? How do you know?

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