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Table 4 Planning and fund utilisation by VHSNCs

From: Are village health sanitation and nutrition committees fulfilling their roles for decentralised health planning and action? A mixed methods study from rural eastern India

 

Odisha N=91

Jharkhand N=78

P*

VHSNCs that prepared village plan, n (%)

76 (83)

6 (8)

.000

VHSNCs that made a list of vulnerable population groups, n (%)

9 (10)

3 (4)

.109

VHSNCs that have a bank account, n (%)

91 (100)

64 (83)

.000

VHSNCs with bank account that reported expenditure of untied fund in last 12 months, n (%)

88 (97)

39 (57)

.000

Amount of untied fund spent (INR) Mean (SD)**

5267.4 (1923.3)

8297.8 (2251.5)

.000#

% of total untied fund (INR 10,000/-) spent annually**

53

83

 
  1. *P value obtained through Chi-square test
  2. # P value obtained through t-test
  3. **For VHSNCs that reported expenditure