TABLE 2.
Descriptive statistics for households with a child 0 to 23.9 months of age at baseline (2010) and follow-up (2012) participating in the Tubaramure evaluation in Cankuzo and Ruyigi (Burundi)
| Baseline, 2010 | Follow-up, 2012 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study arm | Study arm | |||||||||||
| Full sample | All T arms | T24 | T18 | TNFP | Control | Full sample | All T arms | T24 | T18 | TNFP | Control | |
| n | 2530 | 1678 | 421 | 838 | 419 | 852 | 2566 | 1711 | 425 | 866 | 420 | 855 |
| Household members | 5.6 ± 2.1 | 5.6 ± 2.0 | 5.6 ± 2.0 | 5.7 ± 2.0 | 5.7 ± 2.1 | 5.5 ± 2.1 | 5.8 ± 2.0 | 5.8 ± 2.0 | 5.8 ± 1.9 | 5.7 ± 2.0 | 5.8 ± 2.1 | 5.8 ± 2.0 |
| Head of household education | ||||||||||||
| None/preschool, % | 40.3 | 39.4 | 39.0 | 40.2 | 38.2 | 42.0 | 37.8 | 35.5 | 35.1 | 34.4 | 38.3 | 42.5 |
| Primary incomplete, % | 53.9 | 54.1 | 55.3 | 53.3 | 54.2 | 53.6 | 55.9 | 57.2 | 58.6 | 58.2 | 53.8 | 53.3 |
| Primary complete, % | 5.8 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 4.2 |
| Head of household occupation | ||||||||||||
| Farms own or family land, % | 76.2 | 75.3 | 77.0 | 75.3 | 73.5 | 78.2 | 76.1 | 74.6 | 75.3 | 74.4 | 74.3 | 79.1 |
| Farms someone else's land/aglabor/unemployed, % | 10.2 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 6.7 | 11.7 |
| Manual labor, % | 5.5 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 4.1 |
| Other | 8.1 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 11.0 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 13.1 | 5.1 |
| Mother | ||||||||||||
| Age, y | 28.6 ± 7.0 | 28.8 ± 7.0 | 28.3 ± 6.9 | 29.0 ± 7.2 | 28.7 ± 6.7 | 28.3 ± 7.0 | 28.5 ± 6.6 | 28.7 ± 6.5 | 28.6 ± 6.3 | 28.5 ± 6.5 | 29.1 ± 6.9 | 28.2 ± 6.6 |
| Literate, % | 51.9 | 52.9 | 55.8 | 52.6 | 50.6 | 49.8 | 55.9 | 59.8 | 63.1 | 60.0 | 56.0 | 48.2 |
| Maternal education | ||||||||||||
| None/preschool, % | 51.9 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 49.2 | 54.2 | 54.0 | 46.3 | 43.0 | 42.8 | 40.9 | 47.6 | 52.9 |
| Primary incomplete, % | 44.4 | 44.7 | 44.7 | 47.1 | 39.9 | 43.8 | 49.5 | 52.1 | 52.5 | 54.0 | 47.6 | 44.4 |
| Primary complete, % | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 2.7 |
| Child | ||||||||||||
| Age, mo | 12.8 ± 6.8 | 12.6 ± 6.8 | 12.3 ± 7.1 | 12.9 ± 6.7 | 12.4 ± 6.6 | 13.1 ± 6.8 | 12.3 ± 6.6 | 12.0 ± 6.6 | 12.1 ± 6.4 | 12.0 ± 6.8 | 11.9 ± 6.5 | 13.0 ± 6.5 |
| Male, % | 47.4 | 47.4 | 46.6 | 47.5 | 48.0 | 47.5 | 51.2 | 51.5 | 50.1 | 52.4 | 51.0 | 50.6 |
| Wasted, % | 7.0 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 8.0 |
| Weight-for-length Z-score | −0.3 ± 1.2 | −0.3 ± 1.2 | −0.3 ± 1.2 | −0.3 ± 1.2 | −0.3 ± 1.2 | −0.3 ± 1.2 | −0.2 ± 1.2 | −0.2 ± 1.1 | −0.2 ± 1.1 | −0.1 ± 1.2 | −0.3 ± 1.1 | −0.3 ± 1.2 |
| Current Tubaramure beneficiary, % | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45.2 | 65.9 | 73.8 | 55.2 | 79.8 | 2.4 |
| Past Tubaramure beneficiary, % | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.4 | 13.2 | 6.4 | 20.5 | 5.1 | 1.7 |
Data are mean ± SD unless otherwise specified. The T24 arm received all program benefits during pregnancy and up to the age of 23.9 months for the child. The same benefits were received in the T18 arm, but food rations were discontinued when the child was 17.9 months of age. The TNFP (no food during pregnancy) arm started receiving food rations at birth, but the other benefits were the same as in T24. Abbreviations: T, treatment; T18, treatment arm from pregnancy to 18 months; T24, treatment arm from pregnancy to 24 months; TNFP, treatment arm from birth to 24 months.