10. Unconditional cash transfers – results of included prospective controlled studies.
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Study ID (risk of bias) |
Study design (n) | Unconditional cash transfers | No intervention | Effect measure (time point) | Effect directiona | Meta‐analysis (yes/no) | ||||
| Results at baseline | Results at follow‐up | n | Results at baseline | Results at follow‐up | n | |||||
| 1.3.2 Dietary diversity | ||||||||||
| 1.3.2.1 Outcome measure: Dietary diversity scores, including composite Food Consumption Score (FCS) (weighted) (mean, SD) (scores refer to number food groups consumed; reference periods and scales vary) | ||||||||||
| Breisinger 2018 (‐) | PCS (6003 HHs) – HDDS | NR | 9.58 (1.38) | 2190? | NR | 9.48 (1.55) | 3813? | MD (SE) 0.16 (0.117), 95% CI –0.06932 to 0.38932, P > 0.1 (1 year??) | △ | N/A |
| Breisinger 2018 (‐) | PCS (5799 HHs) – mother DDS) | NR | 4.21 (1.28) | 2190? | NR | 4.04 (1.26) | 3813? | MD 0.011 (SE 0.100), 95% CI –0.185 to 0.207, P > 0.1 (1 year?), | △ | |
| Breisinger 2018 (‐) | PCS (1684 HHs) DDS children aged 6–23 months | NR | 3.35 (1.73) | 2190? | NR | 3.39 (1.61) | 3813? | MD –0.342 (SE 0.209) 95% CI –0.752 to 0.068, P > 0.1 (1 year) | ▽ | |
| Breisinger 2018 (‐) | PCS (3202 HHs) DDS children aged 24–59 months | NR | 5.09 (1.37) | 2190? | NR | 4.89 (1.40) | 3813? | MD –0.057 (SE 0.144) 95% CI –0.33924 to 0.22524, P > 0.1 (1 year) | ▽ | |
| 1.5Change in anthropometric indicators | ||||||||||
| 1.5.1Height‐for‐age z‐scores; chronic undernutrition) | ||||||||||
| 1.5.1.1 Outcome measure: proportion stunted (HAZ < –2SD) | ||||||||||
| Renzaho 2017 (‐) | Prospective controlled study (n = 1491) | 66.7 | 59.8 | 748 | 63 | 52.9 | 743 | Adjusted DID (pp): –5.16, 95% CI –9.55 to –0.77 (5 years), SE 2.2 | ▲ | — |
| 1.5.1.3 Outcome measure: HAZ (mean, SD) | ||||||||||
| Aguero 2006 (‐) | PCS | — | –0.84 | — | –1.08 | — | NR (MD 0.15 at 45%, and 0.25 at 80% of nutritional window; data derived from graph (6 years)) | △ | No. SE not available for all studies. | |
| Renzaho 2017 (‐) | PCS (1491 children) | –2.6 (1.4) | –2.2 (1.4) | 748 | –2.3 (1.3) | –2.1 (1.3) | 743 | Adjusted DID: 0.18, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.27 (5 years) | ▲ | |
| 1.5.2WHZ; acute undernutrition/wasting | ||||||||||
| 1.5.2.1 Outcome measure: proportion wasted (WHZ < –2SD) (proportion) | ||||||||||
| Renzaho 2017 (‐) | PCS (1491 children) | 12.7 | 5.7 | 748 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 743 | Adjusted DID: pp –2.84, 95% CI –5.58 to –0.1 (5 years) | ▲ | |
| 1.5.2.3 Outcome measure: WHZ (mean, SD) | ||||||||||
| Renzaho 2017 (‐) | PCS (1491 children) | –0.8 (1.1) | –0.4 (1.0) | 748 | –0.5 (0.9) | –0.4 (1.1) | 743 | Adjusted DID: MD 0.19, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.3 (5 years) | ▲ | |
| 1.5.3 Weight‐for‐age z‐score (WAZ; underweight) | ||||||||||
| 1.5.3.1 Outcome measure: proportion underweight (WAZ < –2SD) | ||||||||||
| Renzaho 2017 (‐) | PCS (1491 children) | 50.7 | 34.8 | 748 | 37.3 | 28.9 | 743 | Adjusted DID: pp –7.35, 95% CI –11.62 to –3.08 (5 years) | ▲ | N/A |
| 1.5.3.3 Outcome measure: mean WAZ | ||||||||||
| Renzaho 2017 (‐) | PCS (1491 children) | –2.1 (1.1) | –1.6 (1.1) | 748 | –1.7 (1.0) | –1.4 (1.1) | 743 | Adjusted DID: 0.22, 95% CI 0.15 to 0.29 (5 years) |
▲ | N/A |
aEach triangle represents one study.
▲ = Favours the intervention, 95% CI excludes 0; △ = Unclear effect potentially favouring the intervention, 95% CI includes zero; ▼ = Favours the control, 95% CI excludes 0; ▽ = Unclear effect potentially favouring the control, 95% CI includes 0. (+): low overall risk of bias; (?): unclear overall risk of bias; (‐): high overall risk of bias.
DDS: Dietary Diversity Score; DID: difference in differences; HAZ: height‐for‐age z‐score; HH: household; MD: mean difference; n: number; N/A: not applicable/available; NR: not reported; PCS: prospective controlled study; SD: standard deviation; SE: standard error; WAZ: weight‐for‐age z‐score; WHZ: weight‐for‐height z‐score.