Table 3 Effects of the intervention on primary outcomes from the DID analysis
Variable | Intervention group (%) | Control group (%) | Difference | Assumptiona | DID | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Endline | P-value | Baseline | Endline | P-value | e | f | (e – f) | ||
(N = 510) | (N = 508) | (N = 509) | (N = 534) | |||||||
a | b | c | d | b − a | d − c | |||||
Use of VHCs’ services | ||||||||||
FP counseling | 0.2 | 4.9 | 0.001 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.52 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 0.004 |
Obtaining contraceptive | 1.4 | 8.9 | < 0.001 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.91 | 7.5 | − 0.1 | 7.6 | < 0.001 |
General counseling | 1.4 | 6.3 | < 0.001 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0.98 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.005 |
Participation in health promotion activities | ||||||||||
Education sessions at VHCs | 2.9 | 18.9 | < 0.001 | 2.4 | 6.9 | 0.54 | 16.0 | 4.5 | 11.5 | < 0.001 |
Health activities in communities | 0.8 | 8.7 | < 0.001 | 0.4 | 0.2 | < 0.001 | 7.9 | − 0.2 | 8.1 | < 0.001 |
Source of reproductive health information | ||||||||||
Counseling by VHC staff | 5.5 | 14.2 | < 0.001 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 0.02 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 0.012 |
Counseling by private doctor/clinic | 42.0 | 35.6 | 0.04 | 43.0 | 34.5 | 0.01 | − 6.4 | − 8.5 | 2.1 | 0.639 |
TV | 65.9 | 52.0 | < 0.001 | 68.2 | 53.9 | < 0.001 | − 13.9 | − 14.3 | 0.4 | 0.963 |