Intervention | Control | Diff | 95% CI lower bound | 95% CI upper bound | P values | |||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||||
Panel 1: b aseline characteristics | ||||||||
Caregiver characteristics | n=876 | n=876 | ||||||
Caregiver’s age in years | 27.298 | (6.79) | 27.482 | (6.82) | −0.184 | −0.821 | 0.454 | 0.572 |
Caregiver’s education in years | 8.884 | (3.78) | 9.011 | (3.77) | −0.128 | −0.482 | 0.226 | 0.479 |
Caregiver self-identifies as indigenous=1 | 0.825 | (0.38) | 0.816 | (0.39) | 0.009 | −0.027 | 0.045 | 0.618 |
Caregiver married or partnered=1 | 0.914 | (0.28) | 0.913 | (0.28) | 0.001 | −0.025 | 0.028 | 0.932 |
Caregiver works | 0.305 | (0.46) | 0.312 | (0.46) | −0.007 | −0.050 | 0.036 | 0.756 |
Household characteristics | n=1000 | n=1000 | ||||||
Household size | 4.797 | (1.80) | 4.750 | (1.80) | 0.047 | −0.111 | 0.205 | 0.559 |
Number of rooms in the dwelling | 1.911 | (1.08) | 1.941 | (1.15) | −0.030 | −0.128 | 0.068 | 0.548 |
Electricity connection inside the house=1 | 0.998 | (0.04) | 0.993 | (0.08) | 0.005* | −0.001 | 0.011 | 0.095 |
Bathroom or latrine outside=1 | 0.858 | (0.35) | 0.837 | (0.37) | 0.021 | −0.011 | 0.053 | 0.192 |
Sewerage connection=1 | 0.341 | (0.47) | 0.369 | (0.48) | −0.028 | −0.070 | 0.014 | 0.191 |
Phone landline=1 | 0.035 | (0.18) | 0.024 | (0.15) | 0.011 | −0.004 | 0.026 | 0.146 |
Mobile phone=1 | 0.973 | (0.16) | 0.972 | (0.17) | 0.001 | −0.013 | 0.015 | 0.891 |
Kitchen=1 | 0.998 | (0.04) | 0.992 | (0.09) | 0.006* | −0.000 | 0.012 | 0.057 |
Radio=1 | 0.832 | (0.37) | 0.828 | (0.38) | 0.004 | −0.029 | 0.037 | 0.812 |
Television=1 | 0.968 | (0.18) | 0.958 | (0.20) | 0.010 | −0.007 | 0.027 | 0.236 |
Refrigerator=1 | 0.181 | (0.39) | 0.171 | (0.38) | 0.010 | −0.023 | 0.043 | 0.557 |
Automobile=1 | 0.237 | (0.43) | 0.235 | (0.42) | 0.002 | −0.035 | 0.039 | 0.916 |
Monthly per-capita income of Bolivianos (Bs) | 1139.126 | (7236.31) | 1620.265 | (16955.29) | −481.139 | −1624.030 | 662.141 | 0.409 |
Child characteristics | ||||||||
n | 875 | 876 | ||||||
Age (months) | 7.962 | (6.21) | 7.868 | (5.77) | 0.095 | −0.467 | 0.656 | 0.741 |
n | 876 | 876 | ||||||
Gender (female=1) | 0.474 | (0.50) | 0.508 | (0.50) | −0.034 | −0.081 | 0.013 | 0.152 |
n | 851 | 859 | ||||||
Height-for-age z score (HAZ) | −1.030 | (1.14) | −1.005 | (1.10) | −0.025 | −0.131 | 0.082 | 0.647 |
n | 854 | 859 | ||||||
Stunted=1 (HAZ <−2) | 0.172 | (0.38) | 0.172 | (0.38) | −0.000 | −0.036 | 0.036 | 0.993 |
n | 823 | 832 | ||||||
Weight-for-age z score (WAZ) | −0.299 | (1.02) | −0.284 | (1.07) | −0.014 | −0.115 | 0.087 | 0.780 |
n | 823 | 832 | ||||||
Underweighted=1 (WAZ <−2) | 0.053 | (0.23) | 0.063 | (0.24) | −0.009 | −0.032 | 0.014 | 0.432 |
n | 820 | 830 | ||||||
Weight-for-height z score (WHZ) | 0.511 | (1.13) | 0.508 | (1.18) | 0.003 | −0.108 | 0.114 | 0.961 |
n | 820 | 830 | ||||||
Wasted=1 (WHZ <−2) | 0.027 | (0.16) | 0.024 | (0.15) | 0.003 | −0.013 | 0.018 | 0.725 |
n | 823 | 831 | ||||||
Body Mass Index (BMI) z score | 0.428 | (1.14) | 0.419 | (1.17) | 0.009 | −0.103 | 0.121 | 0.876 |
n | 823 | 831 | ||||||
Overweight or obese=1 (BMI >2) | 0.050 | (0.22) | 0.078 | (0.27) | −0.028** | −0.052 | 0.005 | 0.018 |
Panel 2: endline labour and income | ||||||||
n | 776 | 767 | ||||||
Mother works | 0.506 | (0.50) | 0.449 | (0.50) | 0.058* | 0.008 | 0.108 | 0.023 |
n | 696 | 692 | ||||||
Father works | 0.955 | (0.21) | 0.952 | (0.21) | 0.003 | −0.019 | 0.025 | 0.780 |
n | 741 | 749 | ||||||
Total household monthly per-capita income (Bs) | 1321.890 | (3256.54) | 1484.841 | (3646.67) | −162.951 | −514.108 | 188.206 | 0.363 |
Panel 3: programme participation | n = 788 | n = 783 | ||||||
Programme participation=1 | 0.732 | (0.44) | 0.061 | (0.24) | 0.671*** | 0.636 | 0.706 | 0.000 |
Caregiver knows about the home visit programme | 0.754 | (0.43) | 0.097 | (0.30) | 0.657*** | 0.620 | 0.693 | 0.000 |
Note. ***, ** and * indicate statistical significance at the 1, 5 and 10 per cent levels, respectively.