Pre-intervention (2008) % (n = 681) (1) |
Post-intervention (2009) % (n = 742) (2) | p-value for chi-square test | |
---|---|---|---|
Maternal Factors | |||
Mean age of the mother | 27.0 | 26.6 | NS |
Parity/Living children | |||
1 | 21.0 | 23.0 | NS |
2 | 20.6 | 22.1 | |
3 | 15.6 | 18.7 | |
4 | 17.0 | 14.6 | |
5 or more | 25.8 | 21.6 | |
Mother's education | |||
None | 34.7 | 31.1 | NS |
Any primary | 17.3 | 15.8 | |
Middle | 14.8 | 14.4 | |
Secondary | 13.2 | 18.3 | |
Matriculate or higher | 20.0 | 20.4 | |
Household Factors | |||
Mother's autonomy | |||
Low | 32.5 | 33.0 | NS |
Medium | 33.9 | 31.4 | |
High | 33.6 | 35.6 | |
Wealth quintiles | |||
Fifth/poorest | 19.4 | 19.4 | NS |
Fourth | 19.8 | 20.4 | |
Third | 20.1 | 18.9 | |
Second | 18.8 | 18.6 | |
First/least poor | 21.9 | 22.8 | |
Program Factors Unrelated to the Scheme | |||
Travel time to nearest health facility | |||
More than five minutes | 66.7 | 66.4 | NS |
Five minutes or less | 33.3 | 33.6 | |
Mass Media Exposure | |||
Do not watch television daily | 33.3 | 34.2 | NS |
Watch television daily | 66.7 | 65.8 | |
Exposure to the voucher scheme | |||
No exposure | - | 77.2 | |
Visited by voucher outreach worker | - | 9.3 | |
Visited by worker and purchased voucher | - | 13.5 | |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |