Table 3

Programme effects

	Treatment		Control		Effect	95% CI lower bound	95% CI upper bound	P values	Regression adjusted model	95% CI lower bound	95% CI upper bound	P values
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Effect	95% CI lower bound	95% CI upper bound	P values	Regression adjusted model	95% CI lower bound	95% CI upper bound	P values
A. Feeding practices and knowledge
n	789		783
Standardised knowledge index	0.168	(0.99)	0.000	(1.00)	0.168***	0.070	0.267	0.001	0.134***	0.029	0.240	0.012
Standardised practice index	0.203	(1.01)	0.000	(1.00)	0.203***	0.104	0.303	0.000	0.210***	0.105	0.316	0.000
B. Food expenditures (Bs)
n	790		784
Bread and cereals	310.063	(346.99)	296.269	(158.96)	13.794	−12.859	40.447	0.310	14.828	−15.416	45.071	0.336
n	786		782
Meats	519.118	(646.38)	460.252	(275.36)	58.866**	9.691	108.041	0.019	62.279**	8.964	115.594	0.022
n	772		776
Oils	46.397	(53.59)	42.864	(29.52)	3.533	−0.784	7.849	0.109	3.196	−1.542	7.935	0.186
n	785		782
Dairy and eggs	280.625	(1317.17)	197.610	(186.39)	83.016*	−10.119	176.150	0.081	90.899*	−11.926	193.725	0.083
n	756		754
Tubers and legumes	92.683	(86.51)	89.872	(74.79)	2.812	−5.351	10.975	0.499	2.570	−6.135	11.274	0.563
n	787		781
Fresh vegetables	241.683	(1625.35)	182.274	(576.60)	59.409	−61.226	180.044	0.334	64.537	−73.723	202.797	0.360
n	789		778
Fruit	123.879	(210.70)	107.751	(92.66)	16.127**	0.038	32.216	0.049	9.126	−5.240	23.491	0.213
n	789		783
Sugars, salt and condiments, drinks, food outside the home	239.895	(181.90)	249.391	(194.28)	−9.495	−28.119	9.129	0.317	−9.352	−29.087	10.383	0.353
n	792		785
Total food expenditures	1838.860	(2541.19)	1616.825	(869.30)	222.035**	34.754	409.315	0.020	231.226**	20.459	441.990	0.032
C. Minimum dietary diversity
n	789		783
Minimum dietary diversity (foods score ≥4)	0.939	(0.24)	0.943	(0.23)	−0.003	−0.027	0.020	0.777	0.003	−0.022	0.028	0.842
n	789		783
Minimum dietary diversity (foods score ≥5)	0.835	(0.37)	0.794	(0.40)	0.041**	0.002	0.079	0.037	0.046**	0.004	0.087	0.032
n	789		783
Minimum dietary diversity (foods score ≥6)	0.587	(0.49)	0.533	(0.50)	0.054**	0.005	0.103	0.030	0.043	−0.010	0.096	0.110
n	789		783
Minimum dietary diversity (foods score=7)	0.253	(0.44)	0.250	(0.43)	0.003	−0.040	0.046	0.885	0.004	−0.041	0.050	0.854
D. Hygiene
n	751		747
Observed children with dirty hands and face=1	0.304	(0.46)	0.316	(0.47)	−0.012	−0.059	0.035	0.606	−0.013	−0.060	0.034	0.592
n	750		753
Observed children with dirty clothes=1	0.289	(0.45)	0.312	(0.46)	−0.023	−0.069	0.024	0.336	−0.022	−0.068	0.025	0.356
E. Anthropometric measures
n	766		747
Weight-for-age z score	−0.338	(0.85)	−0.275	(0.85)	−0.063	−0.149	0.023	0.149	−0.057	−0.147	0.032	0.211
n	776		762
Length/height-for-age z score	−1.341	(0.92)	−1.278	(0.93)	−0.063	−0.155	0.030	0.184	−0.048	−0.145	0.049	0.329
n	766		745
Body Mass Index (BMI)-for-age z score	0.748	(0.91)	0.767	(0.93)	−0.019	−0.112	0.079	0.687	−0.029	−0.127	0.070	0.568
n	766		748
Weight-for-length/height z score	0.577	(0.90)	0.608	(0.91)	−0.031	−0.123	0.060	0.502	−0.040	−0.137	0.057	0.416
n	775		760
Head circumference-for-age z score	−0.116	(0.92)	−0.056	(0.91)	−0.060	−0.151	0.032	0.203	−0.057	−0.154	0.040	0.249
n	777		763
Stunted (length/height-for-age z score <−2)=1	0.238	(0.43)	0.233	(0.42)	0.005	−0.038	0.047	0.824	0.005	−0.040	0.050	0.837
n	766		750
Moderate or severe acute malnutrition (weight-for-length/height z score <−2)=1	0.009	(0.10)	0.005	(0.07)	0.004	−0.005	0.012	0.383	0.003	−0.007	0.012	0.561
n	766		745
Overweight or obese (BMI-for-age z score >2)=1	0.073	(0.26)	0.077	(0.27)	−0.003	−0.030	0.023	0.802	0.004	−0.024	0.032	0.801
F. Anaemia
n	753		738
Any anaemia=1	0.671	(0.47)	0.692	(0.46)	−0.022	−0.069	0.026	0.367	−0.030	−0.081	0.021	0.243
Severe anaemia=1	0.028	(0.17)	0.026	(0.16)	0.002	−0.014	0.019	0.798	0.001	−0.015	0.017	0.869
Moderate anaemia=1	0.348	(0.48)	0.359	(0.48)	−0.011	−0.060	0.038	0.653	−0.017	−0.068	0.035	0.524
Mild anaemia=1	0.295	(0.46)	0.308	(0.46)	−0.013	−0.059	0.034	0.591	−0.015	−0.065	0.036	0.566
No anaemia=1	0.329	(0.47)	0.308	(0.46)	0.022	−0.026	0.069	0.367	0.030	−0.021	0.081	0.243

Note. ***, ** and * indicate statistical significance at the 1, 5 and 10 per cent levels , respectively. Controls in regression adjusted model for caregiver outcomes are caregiver age in years, caregiver years of education, household size, monthly household per-capita income, dummy variables for water connection, sewerage connection and bathroom or latrine. Controls in regression adjusted model for child outcomes are child age in months, child sex, child age×sex interactions and all caregiver outcome controls mentioned above. Minimum dietary diversity (panel C) is defined as the proportion of seven key food groups consumed by the child in the previous day. Food groups are: (1) grains, roots and tubers; (2) legumes and nuts; (3) dairy products (milk, yoghourt, cheese); (4) flesh foods (meat, fish, poultry and liver/organ meats); (5) eggs; (6) vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables and (7) other fruits and vegetables.25