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Table 4 Distribution of the main and the secondary outcome variables

From: Engaging men in women’s empowerment: impact of a complex gender transformative intervention on household socio-economic and health outcomes in the eastern democratic republic of the Congo using a longitudinal survey

Distribution of main and secondary outcome variables

Variables

Baseline

Follow-up

Intervention

Control

Total

Intervention

Control

total

Income generating activities:

n = 1239

n = 573

n = 1812

n = 730

n = 316

n = 1046

 One activity a

537(43.3)

305(53.2)

842(46.5)

395(54.1)

147(46.5)

542(51.8)

 More than one activity a

702(56.7)

268(46.8)

970(53.5)

335(45.9)

169(53.5)

504(48.2)

 Daily Income (FC) b

14,332 ± 41,510

9731 ± 14,929

13,387 ± 37,652

16,882 ± 36,654

10,127 ± 23,194

15,403 ± 34,247

 Monthly Income (FC) b

249,761 ± 2,195,756

155,208 ± 365,608

227,927 ± 1,931,057

264,411 ± 1,462,997

158,691 ± 172,270

241,733 ± 1,299,214

Low resilience:

n = 1239

n = 573

n = 1812

n = 730

n = 316

n = 1046

 No a

638(51.5)

255(44.5)

893(49.3)

327(44.8)

178(56.3)

505(48.3)

 Yes a

601(48.5)

3138(55.5)

919(50.7)

403(55.2)

138(43.7)

541(51.7)

Food insecurity:

n = 1239

n = 573

n = 1812

n = 730

n = 316

n = 1046

 None a

66(5.3)

51(8.9)

117(6.5)

75(10.3)

47(14.9)

122(11.7)

 Mild a

114(9.2)

45(7.9)

159(8.8)

59(8.1)

29(9.2)

88(8.4)

 Moderate a

221(17.8)

89(15.5)

310(17.1)

133(18.2)

48(15.2)

181(17.3)

 Severe a

838(67.7)

388(67.7)

1226(67.7)

463(63.4)

192(60.7)

655(62.6)

Foundational health outcomes

Variables

Baseline

Follow-up

Intervention

Control

Total

Intervention

Control

total

Place of last delivery:

n = 1142

n = 482

n = 1624

n = 697

n = 285

n = 982

 Skilled-birth attendance a

1036 (90.7)

436 (90.5)

1472(90.6)

634(90.0)

254 (89.1)

888(90.4)

Attendance of ANC:

n = 1239

n = 573

n = 1812

n = 730

n = 316

n = 1046

 < 3 ANC a

132 (10.7)

71 (12.4)

203(11.2)

76(10.4)

28(8.9)

104(9.9)

 ≥ 3 ANC a

1107(89.3)

502(87.6)

1609(88.8)

654(89.6)

288(91.1)

942(90.1)

Use of FP

n = 1239

n = 573

n = 1641

n = 730

n = 316

n = 1046

 No a

1133 (91.4)

508 (88.7)

1641(90.6)

654(89.6)

268(84.8)

922(88.1)

 Yes a

106 (8.6)

65(11.3)

171 (9.4)

76 (10.4)

48 (15.2)

124 (11.9)

Gender-based outcomes

Variables

Baseline

Follow-up

Intervention

Control

Total

Intervention

Control

total

Women participation in decision-making*, b

0.69 ± 0.28

0.59 ± 0.31

0.66 ± 0.30

0.75 ± 0.28

0.67 ± 0.29

0.72 ± 0.28

Tolerance to GBV*, b

0.41 ± 0.21

0.41 ± 0.26

0.42 ± 0.26

0.43 ± 0.28

0.45 ± 0.29

0.44 ± 0.26

Neighbor cohesion*, b

0.82 ± 0.24

0.76 ± 0.26

0.80 ± 0.24

0.85 ± 0.21

0.85 ± 0.22

0.85 ± 0.22

Couple cohesion*, b

0.87 ± 0.28

0.82 ± 0.33

0.85 ± 0.24

0.86 ± 0.29

0.87 ± 0.28

0.86 ± 0.29

  1. * likert scale: included items are presented in tables as supplementary material (Additional file 1)
  2. a Data variables presented as percentage of overall population n(%)
  3. b Data variables presented as Mean ± SD
  4. Overall, the percentage of FP users increased in both groups, intervention and control from 8.6% (n = 106) at the baseline to 10.4% (n = 120) at the follow-up and from 11.3% (65) to 15.2% (48) respectively. Over the time, the percentage of skilled-birth attendance and ANC did not change in the intervention group (Table 4)