Comparison of socio-economic characteristics of Kenyan coastal households near and far from marine reserves, before and after matching.

aMean difference in the empirical Q-Q plot of treatment and control groups.bMean difference in the empirical Cumulative Distribution Functions of treatment and control groups.cNon-parametric Kolmogorov-Smirnov test between treament and control groups.Statistical matching (see Methods) identified pairs of similar households and reduced differences in key characteristics between households near and far from marine reserves to allow a relevant comparison of food security metrics using paired t-tests (Figure 2).Comparison of socio-economic characteristics of Kenyan coastal households near and far from marine reserves, before and after matching.