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. 2017 Dec 28;5(4):603–616. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00189

TABLE 4.

Changes in Gender Index Scores by Country, 2015

Country No. Surveyed at Baseline No. Surveyed at Endline No. With Matched Baseline and Endline Surveys % With Matched Baseline and Endline Surveys Respondents Matched at Baseline and Endline
All Respondents
Gender Index Scorea at Baseline Gender Index Scorea at Endline Difference in Gender Index Score From Baselinea (SE) P Value Adjusted Difference in Mean Gender Index Scoresb (SE) P Value
Madagascar 1,227 937 465 38% 7.59 8.00 0.41 (0.11) <.001 0.06 (0.08) .48
Rwandac 795 796 628 79% 7.17 7.47 0.30 (0.08) <.001 0.21 (0.10) .03
Zimbabwe 239 225 190 79% 8.37 8.04 −0.33 (0.16) .048 −0.37 (0.18)d .04
Ethiopia 676 499 115 17% 7.72 7.47 −0.25 (0.18) .16 −0.61 (0.12) < .001

Abbreviation: SE, standard error.

Notes: The PMI AIRS Project collected survey data among a sample of spray operators in 4 countries. Surveys were completed both before the 2015 spray season began (baseline or preseason) and after the season ended (endline or postseason).

a

The gender index score is the average number of questions, out of a total of 11, answered in favor of gender egalitarianism.

b

Adjusted results control for sex, previous experience working with the PMI AIRS Project (self-reported), ability to read, education, whether respondents live where they work, whether the respondents are heads of household, and (in Madagascar) district of the survey.

c

Rwanda's 2015 spray season included 2 rounds of spraying.

d

Covariates were not collected; results are not adjusted.