Table 2.
Outcome indicators in the preintervention census
| Control group | Intervention group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary outcomes | |||||
| Number of women respondents | 8227 (100%) | 7947 (100%) | |||
| Number using family planning* | 2414 (29%) | 2294 (29%) | |||
| Family planning method | |||||
| Female terminal | 1333 (55%) | 1207 (53%) | |||
| Oral contraceptive pill | 466 (19%) | 419 (18%) | |||
| Condom | 293 (12%) | 337 (15%) | |||
| Intrauterine contraceptive device | 202 (8%) | 214 (9%) | |||
| Other | 120 (5%) | 117 (5%) | |||
| Immunisation in children aged 12–23 months† | |||||
| Number of children | 1014 (100%) | 945 (100%) | |||
| Fully immunised | 637 (63%) | 613 (65%) | |||
| BCG | 935 (92%) | 880 (93%) | |||
| DPT and polio | |||||
| Dose 1 | 881 (87%) | 839 (89%) | |||
| Dose 2 | 832 (82%) | 798 (84%) | |||
| Dose 3 | 769 (76%) | 757 (80%) | |||
| Hepatitis B virus | 731 (72%) | 679 (72%) | |||
| Measles | 674 (66%) | 672 (71%) | |||
| Anthropometric wasting in children <5 years‡ | 586 (15%) of 3881§ | 640 (18%) of 3550§ | |||
| Secondary outcomes | |||||
| Deliveries to women in the previous 2 years | |||||
| All | 2022 (100%) | 1905 (100%) | |||
| Adolescent pregnancy | 286 (14%) | 264 (14%) | |||
| Home delivery | 297 (15%) | 287 (15%) | |||
| Institutional delivery | 1719 (85%) | 1588 (83%) | |||
| Public institutional delivery | 1102 (64%) | 1017 (64%) | |||
| Received public institutional delivery incentive | 555 (50%) | 550 (54%) | |||
| Unknown | 6 (<1%) | 30 (2%) | |||
| Anthropometric stunting and underweight in children aged 0–59 months | |||||
| Stunting | 1851 (48%) of 3861§ | 1632 (46%) of 3541§ | |||
| Underweight | 1541 (39%) of 3902§ | 1472 (41%) of 3576§ | |||
| Infant and young child feeding indicators | |||||
| Early initiation of breastfeeding | 999 (48%) | 841 (44%) | |||
| Exclusive breastfeeding (<6 months) | 357 (62%) | 309 (62%) | |||
| Continued breastfeeding at 1 year (12–15 months) | 270 (73%) | 245 (72%) | |||
| Introduction of solid, semisolid, or soft foods (6–8 months) | 90 (35%) | 120 (47%) | |||
| Minimum dietary diversity (6–23 months) | 192 (13%) | 186 (13%) | |||
| Minimum meal frequency (6–23 months) | 646 (43%) | 630 (43%) | |||
| Minimum acceptable diet (6–23 months) | 67 (4%) | 71 (5%) | |||
| Consumption of iron-rich foods (6–23 months) | 205 (14%) | 238 (16%) | |||
| Use of ICDS services | |||||
| Children <5 years eligible | 5057 (100%) | 4767 (100%) | |||
| Used ICDS | 466 (9%) | 508 (11%) | |||
| Food supplements almost daily | 373 (7%) | 391 (8%) | |||
| Health check-ups at least once per month | 163 (3%) | 179 (4%) | |||
| Regular early childhood development intervention | 306 (6%) | 340 (7%) | |||
| Weight measured at least once per 3 months | 333 (7%) | 349 (7%) | |||
DPT=diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus. ICDS=Government of India Integrated Child Development Services.
*
Intracluster correlation coefficient 0·011.
†
Intracluster correlation coefficient 0·066.
‡
Intracluster correlation coefficient 0·008.
§
Height or weight measurements were not taken for some children.