Table 1.

Primary and secondary outcomes for the trial

	Number of items and origins	Example question and response categories	Scaling	Alpha	Hypothesized direction
Primary outcomes
Past year experience of physical IPV amongst currently married women	Five items ask about married women’s experience of physical IPV. The scale is based on the WHO’s multi-country study of IPV [25].	(Q) In the past 12 months how many times has your husband hit you with a fist or with something else which could hurt you? (A) Never, once, few, many	A positive response to one or more items coded as yes		Decrease
Past year experience of severe physical IPV amongst currently married women	Same scale as above. Severe physical IPV is defined as experiencing more than one item of the five, or experiencing any one item more than once, creating a dichotomous measure equivalent to more than once experiencing physical IPV.	(Q) In the past 12 months how many times has your husband slapped you or thrown something at you which could hurt you? (A) Never, once, few, many	Two or more items responded to as ‘once’ or responding to any single item as “few”, or “many”.		Decrease
Women’s past week depressive symptoms	Depressive symptoms are assessed using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D), comprising 20 items asking about depressive symptoms in the past week [26].	(Q) During the past week I had crying spells (A) Rarely or none of the time; some or little of the time; moderate amount of time; most or all of the time	Mean score created; higher mean’s more depressive symptoms	0.90	Decrease
Secondary outcomes
Household Food Insecurity in past 4 weeks	Three items comprising the Household Hunger Scale, developed for global use and comparability [27].	(Q) In the past 4 weeks, how often was there no food to eat of any kind in your house because of a lack of money? (A) Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often	Mean score created; higher indicates more food insecurity	0.94	Decrease
Financial shock resilience	One item asks about ability to mobilise money in an emergency. This measure was developed for use in South Africa, and has been used in Asia.	(Q) If you had an emergency at home and needed 500 Afghani, how easy would you say it would be to find the money? (A) Very easy, fairly easy, somewhat difficult, very difficult	Recoded into binary of very or fairly easy and somewhat difficult or very difficult		Decrease
Women’s monthly income	A single item asks about earnings in the past month.	(Q) Considering all the money you earned from jobs or selling things, how much did you earn last month?	Mean		Increase
Women’s total savings	A single item asks women the total value that they have in savings.	(Q) How much money have you got in savings?	Mean		Increase
Life satisfaction	Life satisfaction is assessed using four-items derived from the Satisfaction With Life Scale [28]. This has been used across South Asia [29].	(Q) In most ways my life is close to my ideal (A) Strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree	Mean; higher means less satisfied	0.90	Decrease
Past four week suicidal ideation	A single item assesses thoughts of suicide in the past month, with a binary response possible.	(Q) In the past four weeks, has the thought of ending your life been in your mind? (A) Yes, No	Binary yes/no		Decrease
Women’s gender attitudes	This scale was developed locally from discussions with Afghan’s before being tested in Pakistan. A series of 11 questions ask about gender attitudes that individual women hold.	(Q) I think it is a good thing for a young wife in my family to be beaten to teach her how to behave properly (A) Strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree	Mean score; higher score indicates less gender equitable attitudes	0.87	Decrease
Married women’s participation in household decision making	Five items are asked about women’s ability to participate in household decisions, based on the WHO Multi-Country Study on Domestic Violence [25].	(Q) In the last three months, how often your views been listened to on matters concerning the children and their schooling or work in your home? (A) Never; sometimes; often	Mean score; higher scores indicate more participation	0.77	Increase
Past year emotional IPV amongst currently married women	Seven items ask about experiences of emotional abuse by the husband.	(Q) In the past 12 months how many times has your husband insulted you or made you feel bad about yourself? (A) Never; once; few; many	Mean score; higher score indicates more emotional violence		Decrease
Perceptions of husband cruelty amongst currently married women	Five items ask about married women’s perceptions of her husband and his attitudes and relationship towards her.	(Q) My husband is very strict and controlling. (A) Strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree	Mean score: higher scores indicate more cruelty	0.88	Decrease
Mother in law and sibling abuse:	Two items: A single item assesses whether mother-in-laws have hit the woman in the past 12 months and another item assesses whether siblings have hit the woman in the past 12 months, an affirmative response to either item would indicate abuse.	(Q) In the last 12 months were you slapped, hit or beaten by your mother-in-law?. (A) Never, sometimes, often	A positive response to one or both items coded as yes		Decrease
Perceptions of mother-in-law cruelty.	For married women who currently live with their mothers-in-law, six items ask about their relationship and the mother-in-law’s attitudes towards her.	(Q) My mother-in-law can frighten me (A) Strongly disagree; disagree; agree; strongly agree	Mean score: higher scores indicate more cruelty	0.84	Decrease