| 1. Primary outcomes |
| Household economy |
| Assets | Categorical | |
| Relative household economic status | Categorical | |
| Household food security | Likert scale, Qualitative data | 1–3 |
| Income-generating activities | Categorical | |
| Income | continuous | |
| Housing | categorical | |
| Composite wealth indicator, asset based | Categorical | |
| Child nutritional status |
| Weight | Continuous | Kg |
| Height | Continuous | Cm |
| MUAC | Continuous | Mm |
| Weight for Height | categorical | |
| Weight for age | Categorical | |
| Height for age | categorical | |
| Unmet need of family planning |
| Counselling and use of FP | Binary | Yes or no |
| 2. Secondary outcomes |
| perception of women’s rights and gender equity,, and | Likert scale, Qualitative data | |
| women’s participation in decision-making and income-generation, | Likert scale, Qualitative data | |
| women’s utilization of reproductive health services | | |
| Attendance of ANC during last pregnancy | Binary Qualitative data | Yes or no |
| Place of delivery of the last child | Categorical | Hospital, health care facilities, home |
| women’s perceived self-efficacy to speak out in community meetings | Likert scale, Qualitative data | |
| 3. General characteristics |
| Sex | Binary | Male/female |
| Age | Continuous | Months |
| Marital status of parents/tutor | Categorical | Married, single, divorced, |
| Household size | Continuous | |
| Sex of main breadwinner | Binary | Male/female |
| 4. Program-related variables |
| Belonging to VSLA | Binary | Yes or no |
| Time in VSLA | Continuous | |
| Partner or husband engaged in peer-to-peer reflexion group | Binary | Yes or no |
