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Table 4 Utilization of MCH services, knowledge, and health outcomes by eligibility status in CCT village

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

Dependent variable

CCT village

p value

FE

PE

IE

H0:(1) = (3)

H0:(2) = (3)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Utilization of MCH services

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

148 (85.1)

143 (81.7)

126 (81.8)

0.43

0.98

 (2) Delivery in hospital, (%)

119 (68.4)

123 (70.3)

103 (66.9)

0.77

0.51

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

84 (48.3)

99 (56.6)

82 (53.2)

0.37

0.55

 (4) Early breast feeding, (%)

56 (32.2)

65 (37.1)

51 (33.1)

0.86

0.45

 (5) Exclusive breast feeding, (%)

52 (51.0)

82 (47.1)

88 (58.7)

0.23

0.05

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

58 (33.4)

51 (29.0)

35 (22.9)

0.01

0.21

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

136 (78.1)

128 (73.2)

122 (79.5)

0.86

0.22

Mother’s Knowledge

 (8) Total knowledge score (full = 22)

10.9 (4.4) b

11.0 (4.1)

11.1 (4.0)

060

0.79

 (9) Got at least 60% correct, (%)

56 (32.2)

57 (32.6)

47 (30.5)

0.75

0.69

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

4.8 (1.9)

5.0 (1.7)

4.8 (1.8)

0.79

0.35

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

2.8 (1.4)

2.7 (1.4)

2.4 (1.3)

0.88

0.83

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

28 (16.1)

34 (19.4)

14 (9.1)

0.09

0.01

Health outcome

 (13) Low birth weight, (%)

6 (3.5)

14 (8.1)

7 (4.8)

0.59

0.27

 (14) Anemia, (%)

51 (38.9)

76 (55.5)

48 (37.5)

0.81

0.00

 (15) Stunted growth, (%)a

16 (9.4)

17 (9.8)

27 (17.8)

0.03

0.04

 (16) Wasting, (%)b

5 (2.9)

7 (4.0)

1 (0.6)

0.13

0.05

 (17) Number of observations

174

175

154

  
  1. Notes:
  2. The number of observations are presented in the case of binary variables or 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. The compliance rates for physical examinations and child vaccinations are calculated by the requirements of the national standards of basic public health services by child’s 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