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. 2017 Feb 11;5(3):e335–e349. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30363-1

Table 3.

Outcomes in the postintervention census

Control group Intervention group Intention-to-treat OR (95% CI) Per-protocol OR (95% CI)
Primary outcomes
Met need for family planning among women aged 15–49 years 3134 (78%) of 4028 3439 (82%) of 4184 1·31 (1·11–1·53) 1·37 (1·07–1·75)
Full immunisation among children aged 12–23 months 708 (62%) of 1143 751 (68%) of 1108 1·30 (0·84–2·01) 1·73 (1·05–2·86)
Anthropometric wasting in children <5 years 580 (13%) of 4608 530 (12%) of 4570 0·92 (0·75–1·12) 0·88 (0·66–1·18)
Secondary outcomes
Home births in previous 2 years 276 (12%) of 2266 270 (12%) of 2202 1·14 (0·69–1·86) 1·25 (0·65–2·41)
Adolescent pregnancies in previous 2 years in women <20 years 210 (9%) of 2266 199 (9%) of 2202 0·96 (0·69–1·33) 0·95 (0·55–1·65)
Anthropometric stunting in children <5 years 2105 (46%) of 4610 2146 (47%) of 4573 1·03 (0·85–1·25) 1·08 (0·84–1·40)
Anthropometric underweight in children <5 years 1766 (38%) of 4610 1791 (39%) of 4573 1·03 (0·88–1·21) 1·06 (0·88–1·29)
Use of ICDS by children aged 0–23 months 25 (1%) of 2243 18 (<1%) of 2177 1·16 (0·72–1·89) 0·89 (0·53–1·51)
Infant and young child feeding indicators
Early initiation of breastfeeding 975 (44%) of 2198 1005 (47%) of 2146 1·10 (0·58–2·07) 1·11 (0·55–2·25)
Exclusive breastfeeding (<6 months) 310 (56%) of 554 329 (66%) of 504 1·54 (1·02–2·33) 1·95 (1·02–3·76)
Continued breastfeeding at 1 year (12–15 months) 318 (77%) of 411 288 (78%) of 368 1·05 (0·75–1·48) 1·58 (0·89–2·82)
Introduction of solid, semisolid, or soft foods (6–8 months) 154 (52%) of 297 180 (58%) of 308 1·27 (0·75–2·15) 0·91 (0·44–1·88)
Minimum dietary diversity (6–23 months) 274 (16%) of 1751 374 (22%) of 1718 1·48 (1·01–2·17) 1·54 (0·99–2·39)
Minimum meal frequency (6–23 months) 1048 (60%) of 1751 1142 (66%) of 1718 1·26 (0·91–1·75) 1·21 (0·83–1·78)
Minimum acceptable diet (6–23 months) 160 (9%) of 1751 218 (13%) of 1718 1·39 (0·89–2·17) 1·58 (0·94–2·65)
Consumption of iron-rich foods (6–23 months) 282 (16%) of 1751 291 (17%) of 1718 1·05 (0·76–1·45) 1·25 (0·86–1·80)
Further information on primary and secondary outcomes
Family planning
Use of modern contraception to space pregnancies 442 (14%) of 3134 598 (17%) of 3439 1·29 (1·06–1·58) 1·23 (0·95–1·60)
Use of modern contraception to limit pregnancies 1036 (33%) of 3134 1433 (42%) of 3439 1·44 (1·21–1·71) 1·15 (0·91–1·45)
Planned pregnancy in previous 2 years (London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy) 1678 (65%) of 2575 1799 (71%) of 2532 1·20 (0·84–1·73) 1·33 (0.86–2·04)
Reported intimate partner violence in previous 1 year 1052 (14%) of 7705 556 (7%) of 7484 0·85 (0·44–1·64) 0·90 (0·46–1·72)
Immunisation for children aged 12–23 months
Immunisation card 551 (48%) of 1143 645 (58%) of 1108 1·52 (1·14–2·02) 1·58 (1·04–2·40)
Fully immunised on immunisation card 395 (72%) of 1143 497 (77%) of 1108 1·30 (0·84–2·01) 1·73 (1·05–2·01)
BCG 1077 (94%) of 1143 1054 (95%) of 1108 1·06 (0·61–1·87) 0·84 (0·24–3·01)
DPT and polio
Dose 1 991 (87%) of 1143 1000 (90%) of 1108 1·41 (0·78–2·55) 1·98 (0·87–4·49)
Dose 2 905 (79%) of 1143 947 (85%) of 1108 1·52 (0·93–2·50) 2·80 (1·49–5·24)
Dose 3 846 (74%) of 1143 905 (82%) of 1108 1·56 (1·03–2·38) 2·44 (1·42–4·20)
Hepatitis B virus
Dose 1 964 (84%) of 1143 973 (88%) of 1108 1·42 (0·80–2·54) 2·34 (1·03–5·29)
Dose 2 883 (77%) of 1143 923 (83%) of 1108 1·49 (0·91–2·43) 2·36 (1·29–4·35)
Dose 3 829 (73%) of 1143 874 (79%) of 1108 1·44 (0·93–2·25) 2·06 (1·24–3·43)
Measles 735 (64%) of 1143 786 (71%) of 1108 1·34 (0·87–2·06) 1·99 (1·19–3·34)
Immunisation for children aged 24–59 months
Immunisation card 1077 (35%) of 3060 1713 (58%) of 2947 1·38 (0·91–2·10) 1·15 (0·76–1·74)
BCG 2882 (94%) of 3060 2824 (96%) of 2947 1·25 (0·74–2·10) 1·36 (0·51–3·66)
DPT and polio
Dose 1 2684 (88%) of 3060 2685 (91%) of 2947 1·33 (0·86–2·05) 1·54 (0·87–2·75)
Dose 2 2550 (83%) of 3060 2588 (88%) of 2947 1·32 (0·88–1·98) 1·72 (1·00–2·96)
Dose 3 2475 (81%) of 3060 2517 (85%) of 2947 1·27 (0·87–1·86) 1·57 (0·95–2·60)
Hepatitis B virus
Dose 1 2634 (86%) of 3060 2610 (89%) of 2947 1·16 (0·76–1·77) 1·23 (0·69–2·19)
Dose 2 2510 (82%) of 3060 2515 (85%) of 2947 1·18 (0·79–1·76) 1·36 (0·81–2·27)
Dose 3 2436 (80%) of 3060 2442 (83%) of 2947 1·12 (0·77–1·63) 1·21 (0·73–2·01)
Measles 2245 (73%) of 3060 2323 (79%) of 2947 1·25 (0·83–1·88) 1·39 (0·83–2·33)
Anthropometric malnutrition in children aged 0–59 months
Severe acute 93 (2%) of 4608 68 (1%) of 4570 0·73 (0·48–1·13) 0·54 (0·27–1·09)
Moderate acute 487 (11%) of 4608 462 (10%) of 4570 0·95 (0·78–1·17) 0·96 (0·71–1·29)
Use of government ICDS by children aged 0–24 months
Food supplements almost daily 13 (<1%) of 2243 10 (<1%) of 2177 1·16 (0·55–2·45) 1·73 (0·71–4·24)
Health check-ups at least once per month 8 (<1%) of 2243 9 (<1%) of 2177 0·92 (0·49–1·73) 1·31 (0·64–2·68)
Regular early childhood development intervention 3 (<1%) of 2243 5 (<1%) of 2177 1·40 (0·51–3·83) 1·71 (0·53–5·56)
Weight measured at least once per 3 months 12 (<1) of 2243 8 (<1%) of 2177 1·73 (0·88–3·39) 2·39 (1·10–5·20)

OR=odds ratio. ICDS=Government of India Integrated Child Development Services. DPT=diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus.