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Appendix
Table A1: Attrition
(1) (2)
Variables Success
Agree to talk
Number of household members -0.01** -0.01**
(0.00) (0.00)
Household income -0.06*** -0.03**
(0.02) (0.01)
Poverty status = 2, Higher middle class 0.04 0.01
(0.09) (0.07)
Poverty status = 3, Middle class -0.08 -0.00
(0.08) (0.07)
Poverty status = 4, Lower middle class -0.11 -0.01
(0.08) (0.07)
Poverty status = 5, Poor -0.11 -0.00
(0.09) (0.07)
Poverty status = 6, Ultra-poor -0.08 -0.02
(0.10) (0.08)
Gender HH = 1, Male 0.01 0.01
(0.03) (0.02) Religion of the respondent (Reference: Muslim)
Hindu 0.06** 0.04***
(0.03) (0.01)
Buddhist 0.06 0.05*
(0.05) (0.03)
Christian 0.03 0.00 (0.12) (0.09)
Gender of the respondent (Male = 1, Female = 0) 0.02 0.03**
(0.02) (0.01)
Age of the respondent 0.01*** -0.00
(0.00) (0.00) Marital status of the respondent (Reference: Single)
Married -0.19 -0.02
(0.12) (0.11)
Widow -0.03 0.03
(0.02) (0.02)
Divorced -0.05 -0.00
(0.13) (0.11)
Separated 0.02 0.10**
(0.18) (0.04) Educational status of the respondent (Reference: No formal education)
Primary 0.02 -0.02
(0.04) (0.02)
Secondary 0.08** -0.01
(0.04) (0.02)
Tertiary 0.07 -0.07*
(0.05) (0.04)
Diploma/Vocational 0.13 -0.17
(0.12) (0.11)
Constant 0.88*** 1.21***
(0.20) (0.15)
Observations 3,795 2,100
R-squared 0.02 0.02