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Table 3 Prevalence of wasting at baseline and endline by area and marginalisation status 

From: Effects of participatory learning and action with women’s groups, counselling through home visits and crèches on undernutrition among children under three years in eastern India: a quasi-experimental study

 

Area 1: Control

Area 2: PLA and home visits

Area 3: Crèches, PLA and home visits

Effect of PLA and home visits vs control

(adjusted ORb)

p

Effect of crèches, PLA and home visits vs control

(adjusted ORb)

p

Baseline

1214

1190

1315

    

 All children

280 (23.1)

327 (27.5)

314 (23.9)

    

 Most marginaliseda

114 (25.0)

127 (28.9)

152 (29.1)

    

 Less marginalised

166 (21.9)

200 (26.7)

162 (20.4)

    

Endline

1048

1201

1147

    

 All children

282 (26.9)

277 (23.1)

249 (21.7)

    

 Most marginalised

115 (33.0)

89 (23.7)

82 (21.0)

0.53 (0.34-0.82)

0.005

0.44 (0.28-0.69)

< 0.0011

 Less marginalised

167 (23.9)

188 (22.8)

167 (22.1)

0.73 (0.52-1.03)

0.074

1.01 (0.71-1.43)

0.972

  1. a Most marginalised defined as belonging to tribal families from the two poorest wealth quintiles
  2. b Adjusted for baseline differences in wasting, child age in months (continuous), tribal/caste status (categorical), ownership of MNREGA card (binary), any maternal education (binary), asset quintile (categorical), district (categorical, fixed effect) and clustering (random effect)
  3. 1 Exact p = 0.003