Table 3.

Mean values of deprivation indicators among young women at baseline

	Treatment (N = 1261)	Control (N = 1272)	Difference (T-C)	p value
	% (unless otherwise stated)
Schooling
Any repeated grades	34.75	35.32	− 0.57	0.76
Low attendance (< 80%)	6.67	6.44	− 0.23	0.83
Food and health
Food worry	35.38	32.67	2.70	0.15
No birth control access	15.72	16.18	− 0.45	0.75
Early pregnant	8.33	8.17	0.17	0.88
Protection
Physical partner violence	10.06	11.18	− 1.12	0.36
Sex violence	3.38	2.62	0.76	0.26
Relationships
Low perceived sexual empowerment	11.24	12.53	− 1.29	0.32
Low gender equity attitudes	42.37	42.43	− 0.05	0.98
Low parental monitoring	46.38	47.98	− 1.59	0.42
Psychosocial
Depressed mood (CDI at baseline)	25.79	25.61	0.17	0.92
Low hope	33.81	36.56	− 2.75	0.15
Economic agency
No resources	31.76	32.51	− 0.75	0.69
Poor working conditions	16.35	14.59	1.76	0.22
Multidimensional poverty measures
MDP index (range of 1–6)	1.02	1.05	− 0.03	0.35
MDP score (range of 0–1)	0.17	0.17	0.00	0.35
Score > 1/6 (%)	51.81	50.44	1.37	0.49
Score > 1/3 (%)	10.06	11.02	− 0.96	0.43
Dimensions of deprivation (MODA)
Education	35.85	37.83	− 1.98	0.30
Food/health	49.76	48.69	1.07	0.59
Protection	12.62	12.81	− 0.19	0.89
Relationships	72.17	73.12	− 0.95	0.59
Psychosocial	46.78	49.80	− 3.03	0.13
Economic agency	43.90	43.30	0.60	0.76

p values calculated Wald tests for the equality of means between Treatment and Control. N = 2533