Table 1.

List of key indicators

Dimension addressed	Variable/indicator	Data source
Effectiveness at the population level	1. Contraceptive prevalence rate among women living in lowest two wealth quintiles	Population-based household survey in project areas
	2. % of clients recommending services to others	Endline population-based household survey; voucher validation
Effectiveness at the service delivery level	3. Number of new FP acceptors (disaggregated by long-term versus short-term FP)	Routine service delivery records
	4. Number of clients who never used FP before receiving services from study providers	Routine service delivery records
	5. Number and% of post-partum (PP) clients accepting an FP method (disaggregated by long-term versus short-term FP)	Routine service delivery records
	6. % of vouchers validated	External voucher validation survey
	7. Number and% of service providers adhering to medical/clinical standards	Clinical quality assurance monitoring
	8. % of family planning services provided through vouchers (disaggregated by FP method)	Routine service data
	9. % of referrals made by FHE for family planning services	Routine service data
Efficiency and process issues	Prospects for sustainability	Financial records
	10. Monthly service income
	Cost effectiveness	Financial records; routine service delivery records and registers
	11. Cost per couple year protection (CYP)
	12. Cost per new FP acceptor
	Provider attrition/turnover	Baseline and endline service provider assessment
	13. % of study providers offering FP services at the start of the study who are still participating at the end of the project
	Training	Baseline and endline service provider audit
	14. % of providers trained by MSS on different dimensions of FP who are providing services for which they were trained (disaggregated by type of service, e.g. IUD insertion, PAC FP)