Table 3.
Impact estimates of treatment arms on children’s consumption of multiple-micronutrient powders (MMP) and other iron supplements by study and treatment arm, Bangladesh, March 2012–May 2014
| Child has ever consumed MMP | Child has consumed MMP in the last 7d | Child has consumed MMP, Fe tablets or Fe syrup in the last 7d | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marginal effect | se | P | Marginal effect | se | P | Marginal effect | se | P | |
| North RCT | |||||||||
| ‘Cash’ | 0·126 | 0·048 | 0·01 | 0·052 | 0·024 | 0·01 | 0·090 | 0·033 | <0·01 |
| ‘Food’ | 0·033 | 0·049 | 0·50 | 0·026 | 0·019 | 0·12 | 0·070 | 0·027 | <0·01 |
| ‘Cash & Food’ | 0·036 | 0·047 | 0·44 | 0·037 | 0·024 | 0·06 | 0·080 | 0·031 | <0·01 |
| ‘Cash + BCC’ | 0·320 | 0·044 | <0·01 | 0·169 | 0·033 | <0·01 | 0·223 | 0·039 | <0·01 |
| Pseudo R 2 | 0·055 | 0·107 | 0·073 | ||||||
| South RCT | |||||||||
| ‘Cash’ | 0·014 | 0·032 | 0·65 | 0·000 | 0·009 | 0·98 | 0·028 | 0·017 | 0·07 |
| ‘Food’ | 0·039 | 0·034 | 0·24 | 0·000 | 0·009 | 0·98 | 0·005 | 0·015 | 0·75 |
| ‘Cash & Food’ | 0·021 | 0·033 | 0·51 | 0·001 | 0·008 | 0·92 | 0·027 | 0·018 | 0·10 |
| ‘Food + BCC’ | 0·119 | 0·037 | <0·01 | 0·039 | 0·015 | <0·01 | 0·071 | 0·022 | <0·01 |
| Pseudo R 2 | 0·037 | 0·070 | 0·033 | ||||||
RCT, randomized controlled trial; BCC, (high-quality nutrition) behaviour change communication.
Marginal effects of probit models reported. Single-difference estimates at endline control for baseline levels of maternal knowledge regarding the consequences of Fe deficiency, other baseline maternal characteristics (age and grade of formal schooling), household characteristics (log value (in Taka) of production assets and consumer durables; household size; whether the household is female headed) and child characteristics (age in months and sex). Standard errors account for clustering at the village level.