Table 4 Estimates of five outcome variables at baseline, follow-up and the difference and significance tests of change, by study arm
From: An experiment of health services and additional microcredit in 128 villages of Bangladesh
Study arm | Sample size | Value of indicator at | Difference (Fup-Bs) | McNemar’s p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Follow-up | ||||
Percentage of households not food deficit during year (food security) | |||||
All areas | 3687 | 67.4 | 85.6 | 18.2 | 0.001 |
Control* | 937 | 67.5 | 87.1 | 19.6 | 0.001 |
MC-only* | 921 | 72.0 | 85.5 | 13.5 | 0.001 |
HS-only* | 914 | 62.8 | 83.1 | 20.3 | 0.001 |
MC and HS* | 915 | 67.1 | 87.2 | 20.1 | 0.001 |
Percentage currently participating in microcredit | |||||
All areas | 3687 | 31.6 | 30.7 | − 0.9 | 0.87 |
Control | 937 | 31.3 | 33.2 | 1.9 | 0.90 |
MC-only | 921 | 30.2 | 26.9 | − 3.3 | 0.26 |
HS-only | 914 | 35.1 | 35.8 | 0.7 | 0.74 |
MC and HS | 915 | 29.6 | 27.8 | − 1.8 | 0.19 |
Percentage currently using contraception (currently married women age 15–49) | |||||
All areas | 2839 | 64.6 | 67.6 | 3.0 | 0.17 |
Control* | 728 | 64.8 | 69.6 | 4.8 | 0.02 |
MC-only | 721 | 65.0 | 66.4 | 1.4 | 0.48 |
HS-only | 705 | 65.3 | 68.1 | 2.8 | 0.15 |
MC and HS | 685 | 63.4 | 66.3 | 2.9 | 0.17 |
Study arm | Sample size (baseline, follow-up) | Value of indicator at | Difference | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Follow-up | ||||
Percent with trained birth attendant at last birth | |||||
All areas | 1164, 915 | 31.6 | 36.4 | 4.8 | 0.06 |
Control | 302,235 | 33.2 | 28.5 | − 4.7 | 0.37 |
MC-only | 301,243 | 31.4 | 33.0 | 1.6 | 0.18 |
HS-only* | 283,223 | 29.1 | 43.9 | 14.8 | < 0.01 |
MC & HS | 278,214 | 33.5 | 39.7 | 6.2 | 0.32 |
Percent of children 12–23 months old with measles immunization | |||||
All areas | 377,268 | 87.9 | 86.6 | − 1.3 | 0.33 |
Control | 95 61 | 88.5 | 93.5 | 5.0 | 0.14 |
MC-only | 90,70 | 84.6 | 79.9 | − 4.7 | 0.28 |
HS-only | 92,69 | 90.1 | 83.1 | − 7.0 | 0.19 |
MC & HS | 100,68 | 90.0 | 88.7 | − 2.3 | 0.46 |