Table 3. Description of the outcomes that will be considered in studies by assessing the impact of the Bolsa Familia Program (BFP).

Objective	Original variables used to construct the outcome	Outcome
To evaluate the effect of BFP on birth weight, small and large for gestational age and preterm birth	Birth weight in grams	Birth weight in grams (continuous variable)
		Adequate birth weight (≥2500g) vs. low birth weight (<2500g)
		Adequate weight (2500-3999g) vs. extremely low weight (<1000g), very low weight (1000-1499g), low birth weight (1500-2499g) and macrosomia (≥4000g)
	Weight in grams and Gestational age in full weeks (available from 2011)	Adequate for gestational age (between 10th and 90th percentiles) vs. Small for gestational age (<10th percentile) and Large for gestational age (>90th percentile)
		Extreme weights for gestational age: 10th to 90th percentile vs. <3rd percentile; 3rd to 9th percentile, 91st to 97th percentile and >97th percentile
	Gestational age in categories	non-preterm birth (≥37 gestational weeks) vs. preterm birth (<37 gestational weeks)
		Non-PTB vs. moderate-to-late PTB (32 to 36 gestational weeks), very PTB (28–31 gestational weeks) e extreme PTB (< 28 gestational weeks)
To assess the effect of BFP on maternal mortality	Underlying cause of death	Non-death vs. death of a woman during pregnancy or up to 42 days after the end of pregnancy, due to any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, but not due to accidental or incidental causes.
	Intermediate cause of death
To assess the effect of BFP on child malnutrition	Length/height in centimeters, age in months, and sex	Height-for-age z-score (HAZ)
		HAZ ≥ –2 (benchmark) vs. HAZ < –2 (stunting)
		HAZ ≥ –2 (benchmark) vs. HAZ <-3 (severe stunting) and HAZ ≥ –3 to HAZ < –2 (moderate stunting)
	Weight in grams, age in months, and gender	Weight-for-age z-score (WAZ)
		WAZ ≥ –2 to ≤ +2 (benchmark) vs. WAZ < –2 (underweight)
		WAZ ≥ –2 to ≤ +2 (benchmark) vs. WAZ < –3 (severe underweight) and WAZ ≥ –3 to < –2 (moderate underweight)
	Weight in grams, length/height in centimeters, and gender	Weight-for-height z-score (WHZ)
		WHZ ≥ –2 and ≤ +2 (benchmark) vs. WHZ < –2 (wasting)
		WHZ ≥ –2 and ≤ +2 (benchmark) vs. WHZ < –3 (severe wasting) and WHZ ≥ –3 and < –2 (moderate wasting)
		WHZ ≥ –2 and ≤ +2 (benchmark) vs. WHZ > +2 (overweight/obesity)
		WHZ ≥ –2 and ≤ +2 (benchmark) vs. WHZ > +3 (obesity) and WHZ ≤ +3 to > +2 (overweight)