Wasting, Socioeconomic Status, and Coverage of Services in Intervention and Comparison Areas at Baseline (March–July 2014 for Intervention, September–November 2014 for Comparison) and Endline (October–December 2015)
| Baseline | Endline | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (N=2,578)a | Comparison (N=2,092)a | Intervention (N=3,455)a | Comparison (N=2,122)a | |
| Wasting, % | 18.0 | 16.9 | 13.0 | 16.0** |
| Severe wasting, % | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.9** |
| Moderate wasting, % | 14.2 | 13.6 | 10.6 | 12.1 |
| PPI: Likelihood below US$2.16/day/PPP line, % | 72.6 | 77.3*** | 71.4 | 73.7** |
| Child received any service from SNEHA in previous month, % | 2.2 | 1.6 | 86.0 | 0.8*** |
Abbreviations: PPI, Progress out of Poverty Index; PPP, purchasing power parity; SNEHA, Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action.
Pearson chi-square tests comparing baseline intervention to baseline comparison areas and endline intervention to endline comparison areas.
↵* P≤.05; ** P≤.01; *** P≤.001.
↵a Total sample sizes may vary due to missing values.