Table 4.

Distribution of microcredit, home gardens and technical training interventions rate per 1000 by level of poverty (non- poor, poor, and extremely poor), Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua, 2004 to 2009

Program	2004		2009
Microcredit	Population Ages 15–65		Population Ages 15–65
Non-poor	3,044	2.3 (7) [1.0–4.9]1	1,156	83.3(174) [72.0–96.2]
Poor and extremely poor	9,039	1.2 (18) [0.6–2.2]	7,274	10.0 (125) [8.3–11.9]
Home gardens	Households		Households
Non-poor	1,139	6.1 (7) [2.6–13.2]	2,111	36.0 (76) [28.6–45.0]
Poor and extremely poor	3,356	7.6 (23) [4.4–10.4]	2,926	40.5 (117) [33.3–47.8]
Technical training	Population Ages 18–40		Population Ages 18–40
Non-poor	1,831	12.6 (23) [8.1–19.6]	3,514	43.3 (50) [32.5–57.0]
Poor and extremely poor	5,228	2.7 (14) [1.5–4.6]	4,980	9.5 (69) [7.4–12.0]

¹Data are presented as rate (n) with 95% CI. Italics indicate significant differences when 95% CI do not overlap.