Table 3.
Effect of the provision of SQ-LNS to mothers and their infants on per capita weekly household expenditures.
| (1) Food |
(2) Nutrient-Rich Food |
(3) Frequent Non-Food |
(4) Infrequent Non-Food |
(5) Food |
(6) Nutrient-Rich Food |
(7) Frequent Non-Food |
(8) Infrequent Non-Food |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LNS | 0.076** | 0.075** | 0.101** | 0.111** | 0.108*** | 0.113*** | 0.108* | 0.112* |
| (0.035) | (0.037) | (0.046) | (0.048) | (0.038) | (0.041) | (0.056) | (0.058) | |
| 11–18 mo postpartum | 0.100*** | 0.109*** | -0.108*** | −0.183*** | ||||
| (0.023) | (0.026) | (0.034) | (0.035) | |||||
| LNS*11–18 mo postpartum | −0.069* | −0.080* | −0.014 | −0.002 | ||||
| (0.041) | (0.044) | (0.056) | (0.058) | |||||
| N | 1110 | 1133 | 1118 | 1097 | 1110 | 1133 | 1118 | 1097 |
| Overall R2 | 0.166 | 0.139 | 0.356 | 0.386 | 0.168 | 0.141 | 0.356 | 0.386 |
Significance codes: ***(p < .01), **(p < .05), *(p < .1).
Notes: Expenditure data were collected from a random subsample of approximately 55% of households participating in the trial. Dependent variables are inverse hyperbolic sine, ln (yi + (yi2 + 1)1/2), of per capita total weekly food expenditures (columns 1 and 5), per capita weekly expenditures on nutrient-rich food groups (columns 2 and 6), per capita weekly expenditures on frequently purchased non-food items (columns 3 and 7), and per capita weekly expenditures on infrequently purchased non-food items (columns 4 and 8). Nutrient-rich food groups include animal-source foods, fruits, vegetables, pulses, and nuts. The variable ‘LNS’ is an indicator variable equal to one if the mother-infant pair was randomized to receive SQ-LNS and zero if the mother received IFA or MMN capsules and her infant received no supplementation. The variable ‘11–18 mo postpartum’ is an indicator variable for the interval (relative to the birth of the target infant) in which expenditure data were collected. The base interval is ‘5–11 mo postpartum’. Controls for interval of data collection, enumerator, year of maternal enrollment into the trial, maternal education, and household electrification are included in each model (unreported). Standard errors (in parentheses) are clustered at the household level. All regressions include a constant.