Table 1

Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis

		Obs	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Study	Study sample size	74	2881	3218	322	20 000
	Year of data collection	74	2009	5.41	1993	2017
	Total years of study	74	2.53	1.97	0	10
	Published study	74	0.51	0.50	0	1
Transfer size	Real transfer amount, US$	71	121.36	117.51	10	908
	Transfer, % of income	51	20.13	10.96	3.6	70
	Log (real transfer)	63	4.43	0.87	2.3	6.8
Programme characteristics	Conditional programme	74	0.53	0.50	0	1
	Health services access	74	0.51	0.50	0	1
	Behaviour change communication	71	0.48	0.50	0	1
Participant characteristics	Mother’s age	19	31.43	7.87	22	56
	Child’s age	58	29.70	17.88	6	126
	Share of sample urban	50	0.15	0.30	0	1
	Baseline stunting rate	39	0.34	0.09	0.17	0.48
Context	Africa	74	0.36	0.48	0	1
	Latin America	74	0.46	0.50	0	1
	Asia	74	0.19	0.39	0	1
	WDI GDP	73	3505	3211	343	10 540