Table 5.
Intervention effect on LAZ at 18 months by infant sex and multidimensional poverty index quartiles
|
Control |
Intervention |
Difference (95% CI)* | Interaction p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean LAZ (SD) | n | Mean LAZ (SD) | |||
| Infant sex | ||||||
| Female | 732 | −2·04 (1·10) | 664 | −1·90 (1·09) | 0·145 (0·005 to 0·285) | 0·33 |
| Male | 682 | −2·78 (0·97) | 692 | −2·70 (1·01) | 0·065 (−0·075 to 0·204) | ·· |
| Multidimensional poverty index quintiles | ||||||
| First (poorest) | 190 | −2·77 (1·07) | 197 | −2·74 (1·08) | −0·033 (−0·255 to 0·189) | 0·082 (categorical); 0·0069 (linear) |
| Second | 292 | −2·59 (1·03) | 260 | −2·53 (1·13) | 0·020 (−0·190 to 0·229) | ·· |
| Third | 440 | −2·34 (1·14) | 436 | −2·27 (1·03) | 0·145 (−0·026 to 0·315) | ·· |
| Fourth | 398 | −2·25 (1·09) | 390 | −2·12 (1·12) | 0·207 (0·023 to 0·391) | ·· |
| Fifth (richest) | 94 | −1·96 (1·04) | 73 | −1·68 (1·18) | 0·311 (−0·013 to 0·636) | ·· |
LAZ=length-for-age Z score.
*
Analyses adjusted for district, belonging to a scheduled tribe and scheduled caste, and whether hamlet or village residence (fixed effects) and for village (random effect).