Table 3.
Planned compensation for control households
| Peru | Guatemala | India | Rwanda | |
| Eligibility visit | -- | -- | Transportation/food allowance (INR* 200/US$3) for all potential participants† | -- |
| Consent | -- | -- | Mock randomisation lunchbox worth INR 50 (<US$1) for all consented participants† | -- |
| Baseline visit | -- | -- | Time compensation (INR 150/US$2) and transportation/food allowance (INR 200/US$3)† | Table (RWF 8000/US$10) |
| 24–32 weeks of gestation | New hat for pregnant woman; New hat for older woman (PEN* 15/US$5) |
Coupon worth GTQ* 500/US$67, to be saved or redeemed for items from a catalogue | Time compensation ×2 (INR 300/US$4) and transportation food allowance (INR 200/US$3)† | Kitenge cloth for pregnant woman and older woman (RWF 7000/US$8, each) |
| First post-birth visit | Gift bag with diaper bag, baby clothes, baby blanket (PEN 40/US$12) | Coupon worth GTQ 500/US$67, to be saved or redeemed for items from a catalogue | Newborn gift box with baby clothes, baby towel (INR 200/US$3)† Time compensation (INR 150/US$2)† |
Gift bag with baby towel (1) baby clothes (three items), baby blanket (RWF 25 000/US$30) |
| 3-month post-birth visit | -- | -- | Time compensation (INR 150/US$2)† | Gift bag with baby sheet (1) and baby clothes (three items) (RWF 15 500/US$19) |
| 6-month post-birth visit | New sweater for mother (PEN 20/US$6) New sweater for adult woman (PEN 20/US$6) Child hat, toy (PEN 10/US$3) |
Coupon worth GTQ 500/US$67, to be saved or redeemed for items from a catalogue | Time compensation (INR 150/US$2)† | Gift bag with baby clothes (2) and weaning utensils (RWF 13 900/US$17) |
| 9-month post-birth visit | -- | -- | Time compensation (INR 150/US$2)† | Gift bag with baby clothes (1) baby shoes (2) toothpaste (2) and toothbrush (2) (RWF 15 500/US$19) Note: An additional total of RWF 2000/US$2 per household is spent on carrier bags for each of the above. |
| End of study | LPG stove (PEN 150/US$46)+1 full tank of LPG (PEN 95/US$29)+valve and hose (PEN 13/US$4)+pressure cooker (PEN 120/US$36) | Coupon worth GTQ 500/US$67, to be saved or redeemed for items from a catalogue Coupons exchangeable for specified household items at each visit or for a stove at the end with all coupons (GTQ 2,000/US$268). |
Two-burner LPG stove (INR 2500/US$35) Security deposit for two 14.2 kg cylinders (INR 2900/US$41) Security deposit for pressure regulator (INR 150/US$2) LPG stove stand, rubber tube, installation and demonstration charges, administrative charges for documentation, domestic gas customer card (INR 2716/US$39) 18 LPG refills (INR 15 300/US$217) Lighter (INR 135/US$2) |
Choose 1: LPG stove +1 full cylinder +4 LPG refills; A solar home system; or cash deposit (RWF 178 616/US$215) |
| Total cost of compensation package per control household | PEN 463/US$141, plus PEN 35/US$11 in HHs with older adult women | GTQ 2000/US$268 | INR 25 601/US$363 | RWF 259 624/US$313 |
*Exchange rates: US$1=3.3 Peruvian nuevo soles (PEN; Peru), 7.7 Guatemalan quetzales (GTQ; Guatemala), 70.44 Indian rupees (INR; India), 830 Rwandan francs (RWF; Rwanda).
†Compensation provided to all participants (intervention and control) in India.