Table 1.

MDP components and weights

Dimensions	Indicator	Definition of deprivation (1 = yes)	Weight (total = 1)
Education			0.167
	Educational achievement	Repeated any grades during main trial	0.056
	Attendance	Attended less than 80% of school days during previous month	0.056
	Dropout	Not enrolled or has dropped out during current term	0.056
Health and food security			0.167
	Food secure	Worry about food in past 12 months	0.056
	Access to health services	No access to birth control. Reasons for no access include: too expensive, don’t know where to find, denied from health worker	0.056
	Reproductive health	Was pregnant and/or gave birth before 20	0.056
Protection			0.167
	Violence	Reported any physical intimate partner violence	0.083
	Sexual violence	Reported any sexual violence by anyone	0.083
Family and social relationships			0.167
	Parental relationships	Parenting monitoring scale. Scored below median on the scale	0.056
	Sexual empowerment	Sexual Relationship Power Scale (SRPS). Scored in bottom tercile on scale	0.056
	Gender attitudes	Gender Equitable Men’s Scale (GEMS). Scored in bottom tercile on scale	0.056
Economic agency			0.167
	Employment and work	One or more of the following applies: (1) Engages in paid work if < 15 years old (2) Engages in paid work that puts young women in unsafe or vulnerable position (sex work, selling drugs, working at tavern, and mining) (3) Does housework/chores for > 15 h a week	0.083
	Economic empowerment	Has none of the following: spending money, savings, or bank account	0.083
Psychosocial well-being			0.167
	Mental health	Measured using the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). Depressed mood is a score of 16 or highera	0.083
	Future outlooks/hopefulness	Hope score is in bottom quartile	0.083

^aThe CES-D scale was not available at baseline so the Children’s Depression Index (CDI) was used to compare baseline balance for mental health across treatment arms