Intervention (n=747) | Control (n=714) | Standardised mean difference | |||
N | %/mean | n | %/mean | ||
Demographics | |||||
Age | |||||
<20 | 116 | 15.5 | 134 | 18.8 | 0.15 |
20–29 | 258 | 34.5 | 235 | 32.9 | |
30–39 | 232 | 31.1 | 184 | 25.8 | |
40 and above | 141 | 18.9 | 161 | 22.6 | |
Education | |||||
None | 577 | 77.7 | 546 | 76.7 | 0.023 |
Any schooling (madrasa, primary or higher) | 166 | 22.3 | 166 | 23.3 | |
Primary outcomes | |||||
Past year experience of physical IPV among currently married women | 479 | 22.5 | 452 | 23.8 | 0.032 |
Past year experience of severe physical IPV among currently married women | 479 | 14.4 | 452 | 16.8 | 0.066 |
Women’s past week depressive symptoms | 747 | 15.0 | 711 | 14.3 | −0.069 |
Secondary outcomes | |||||
Violence and gender attitudes and practices | |||||
Past year emotional IPV among currently married women | 479 | 27.3 | 452 | 23.9 | 0.079 |
Perceptions of husband cruelty among currently married women | 480 | 14.9 | 453 | 14.7 | −0.08 |
Women’s gender attitudes | 745 | 20.0 | 713 | 20.3 | 0.061 |
Married women’s participation in household decision-making | 468 | 10.5 | 438 | 10.3 | −0.084 |
Travel outside of the province (ever) | 430 | 57.6 | 58.7 | 419.0 | 0.03 |
Mother-in-law and sibling abuse | 747 | 16.5 | 714 | 16.7 | 0.005 |
Perceptions of mother-in-law cruelty | 328 | 15.3 | 302 | 15.3 | 0.023 |
Livelihoods | |||||
Household food insecurity in past 4 weeks | 746 | 5.5 | 713 | 5.3 | −0.065 |
Women’s monthly income | 747 | 2854.0 | 714 | 2874.0 | 0.005 |
Women’s total savings | 747 | 563.0 | 714 | 931.0 | 0.048 |
Financial shock resilience | 744 | 83.7 | 712 | 80.2 | 0.092 |
Mental health | |||||
Life satisfaction | 745 | 13.3 | 713 | 13.2 | −0.023 |
IPV, intimate partner violence.