Engaging with community-based public and private mid-level providers for promoting the use of modern contraceptive methods in rural Pakistan: results from two innovative birth spacing interventions

Table 9 Difference-in-difference results for key indicators between Suraj intervention arm and control arm

	Control		Suraj Intervention		Absolute difference (% change)^a		Net effect (% change)^b
Indicators	Baseline (%)	Endline (%)	Baseline (%)	Endline (%)	Control	Suraj
Ever use of any contraceptive	48	53	50	65	5	15	10***
Ever heard of any contraceptive	88	94	78	98	6	20	14***
Current use of any contraceptive	27	35	34	48	8	13	5*
Current contraceptive method of choice
Any Modern method	24	28	30	38	4	8	4
Pill	3	4	4	5	1	1	1
IUD	3	3	3	8	<1	5	6***
Injections	5	6	6	7	1	1	<1
Condom	2	6	3	4	4	1	−3***
Withdrawal	10	11	14	14	1	0	−1

P-value: ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1
^aAbsolute difference is the percentage change from baseline to endline
^bNet effect is the percentage change in intervention group adjusting for the percentage change in control group

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