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Table 2 Utilization of MCH services, knowledge, and health outcomes by treatment status (N = 1522)

From: Conditional cash transfers, uptake of maternal and child health services, and health outcomes in western rural China

Dependent variable

CCT village

Comparison village

p value

FE

PE

IE

FE

PE

IE

H0:(1) = (4)

H0:(2) = (5)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Utilization of MCH services

 (1) Made any antenatal care visit, (%)

148 (85.1)

143 (81.7)

126 (81.8)

274 (77.6)

254 (74.9)

254 (77.7)

0.04

0.08

 (2) Delivery in hospital, (%)

119 (68.4)

123 (70.3)

103 (66.9)

235 (66.6)

209 (61.7)

180 (55.0)

0.68

0.05

 (3) Made any postpartum care visit, (%)

84 (48.3)

99 (56.6)

82 (53.2)

250 (42.5)

132 (39.2)

135 (41.3)

0.21

0.00

 (4) Early breast feeding, (%)

56 (32.2)

65 (37.1)

51 (33.1)

113 (32.0)

106 (31.9)

106 (32.4)

0.97

0.23

 (5) Exclusive breast feeding, (%)

52 (51.0)

82 (47.1)

88 (58.7)

76 (39.2)

150 (44.5)

154 (48.0)

0.05

0.57

 (6) Compliance rate of physical examination, (%)c

58 (33.4)

51 (29.0)

35 (22.9)

81 (22.9)

52 (15.2)

49 (14.9)

0.01

0.00

 (7) Compliance rate of child vaccinations, (%)c

136 (78.1)

128 (73.2)

122 (79.5)

258 (73.0)

237 (70.0)

239 (73.2)

0.05

0.30

Mother’s Knowledge

 (8) Total knowledge score (full = 22)

10.9 (4.4) b

11.0 (4.1)

11.1 (4.0)

9.9 (4.1)

10.1 (4.2)

9.9 (4.3)

0.01

0.02

 (9) Got at least 60% correct, (%)

56 (32.2)

57 (32.6)

47 (30.5)

76 (21.5)

90 (26.5)

82 (25.1)

0.01

0.15

 (10) Score on maternal care (full = 8)

4.8 (1.9)

5.0 (1.7)

4.8 (1.8)

4.6 (1.9)

4.5 (2.1)

4.3 (2.1)

0.31

0.01

 (11) Score on child nutrition (full = 6)

2.8 (1.4)

2.7 (1.4)

2.4 (1.3)

2.3 (1.3)

2.5 (1.3)

2.6 (1.4)

0.00

0.04

 (12) Thinking child physical examination necessary, (%)

28 (16.1)

34 (19.4)

14 (9.1)

26 (7.5)

32 (9.5)

27 (8.3)

0.02

0.00

Health outcome

 (13) Low birth weight, (%)

6 (3.5)

14 (8.1)

7 (4.8)

20 (5.7)

24 (7.0)

20 (6.0)

0.31

0.67

 (14) Anemia, (%)

51 (38.9)

76 (55.5)

48 (37.5)

116 (42.3)

129 (49.0)

87 (34.8)

0.52

0.22

 (15) Stunted growth, (%)a

16 (9.4)

17 (9.8)

27 (17.8)

26 (7.5)

47 (14.0)

68 (20.8)

0.47

0.18

 (16) Wasting, (%)b

5 (2.9)

7 (4.0)

1 (0.6)

8 (2.3)

10 (2.9)

10 (3.1)

0.67

0.53

 (17) Number of observations

174

175

154

353

339

327

  
  1. Notes:
  2. The number of observations is presented in the case of binary variables or the mean in the case of continuous variables; percentage or standard deviations are presented in parentheses. FE fully eligible for the CCT program; PE partially eligible; IE ineligible. Compliance rates of physical examinations and child vaccinations are calculated by the requirements of the national standards of basic public health services by child age
  3. a: Stunted growth: length-for-age Z-scores are less than −2 standard deviations
  4. b: Wasting: weight-for-height Z-scores are less than −2 standard deviations
  5. Source: authors’ survey