Table 1

Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis

	Obs	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Study
Study sample size	129	3546.64	6207.27	322	58 623
Year of data collection	129	2011.13	5.50	1993	2020
Total years of study	129	2.40	1.74	0	10
Published study	129	0.51	0.50	0	1
Transfer size
Real transfer amount, US$	127	89.71	104.68	5.3	908
Transfer, % of income	85	26.67	31.59	1	218
Log (real transfer)	119	3.99	0.97	1.7	6.8
Programme characteristics
Conditional programme	129	0.43	0.50	0	1
Health services access	129	0.48	0.50	0	1
Behaviour change communication (BCC)	129	0.44	0.50	0	1
Participant characteristics
Mother’s age	44	28.43	7.38	15	56
Child age	80	24.33	19.43	0	126
% of sample urban	90	0.16	0.29	0	1
Context
Sub-Saharan Africa	129	0.42	0.50	0	1
Latin America	129	0.32	0.47	0	1
South Asia	129	0.14	0.35	0	1
East Asia	129	0.09	0.28	0	1
BCC types
BCC on IYCF	57	0.77	0.42	0	1
BCC on household nutrition	57	0.72	0.45	0	1
BCC on healthcare	57	0.86	0.35	0	1
BCC on WASH/ hygiene	57	0.74	0.44	0	1
BCC with business/ag training	57	0.23	0.42	0	1