Household (HH) and women’s general characteristics
| Indicators, % (n) | Baseline | Endline | ||
| Intervention* N=2720 | Control N=2720 | Intervention† N=5282 | Control N=5440 | |
| HH characteristics | ||||
| HH head sex was male | 95.99 (2611) | 96.80 (2633) | 92.41 (4880) | 92.48 (5028) |
| HH head education was no ‘schooling’ | 49.02 (1333) | 48.86 (1329) | 44.26 (2337) | 40.68 (2212) |
| HH size‡ | 6.12±2.31 | 6.48±2.56 | 6.13±2.11 | 5.94±2.27 |
| Religion was Muslim | 89.62 (2438) | 92.86 (2526) | 91.67 (4841) | 92.44 (5026) |
| HH food insecurity status | ||||
| Food secure | 14.08 (383) | 14.01 (381) | 26.64 (1407) | 20.18 (1097) |
| Mildly food insecure | 11.21 (305) | 10.96 (298) | 16.66 (880) | 14.22 (773) |
| Moderately food insecure | 47.28 (1286) | 45.48 (1237) | 43.40 (2292) | 46.66 (2537) |
| Severely food insecure | 27.43 (746) | 29.56 (804) | 13.29 (702) | 18.93 (1029) |
| Asset index | ||||
| First quintile | 19.63 (534) | 20.4 (555) | 21.01 (1143) | 19.15 (1011) |
| Second quintile | 19.23 (523) | 20.74 (564) | 19.71 (1072) | 20.13 (1063) |
| Third quintile | 20.59 (560) | 19.67 (535) | 19.76 (1075) | 20.27 (1070) |
| Fourth quintile | 18.68 (508) | 21.14 (575) | 18.95 (1031) | 21.06 (1112) |
| Fifth quintile | 21.88 (595) | 18.05 (491) | 20.57 (1119) | 19.39 (1024) |
| Involved with any loan | 71.91 (1956) | 71.43 (1943) | 79.47 (4197) | 74.77 (4065) |
| Women’s general characteristics | ||||
| Women’s current age in year | ||||
| <25 | 36.58 (995) | 35.92 (977) | 21.32 (1126) | 36.98 (2012) |
| 25–30 | 33.68 (916) | 34.19 (930) | 30.54 (1613) | 26.67 (1451) |
| ≥30 | 29.74 (809) | 29.89 (813) | 48.14 (2543) | 36.35 (1978) |
| Number of children | ||||
| 1 | 21.03 (572) | 21.73 (591) | 3.52 (186) | 21.39 (1163) |
| 2–3 | 44.23 (1203) | 41.36 (1125) | 51.73 (2732) | 46.88 (2549) |
| 4+ | 34.74 (945) | 36.91 (1004) | 44.75 (2363) | 31.73 (1725) |
| Education | ||||
| No schooling | 22.32 (607) | 23.75 (646) | 17.91 (946) | 14.66 (797) |
| Primary incomplete | 22.72 (618) | 21.14 (575) | 23.37 (1234) | 22.51 (1224) |
| Primary complete | 54.96 (1495) | 55.11 (1499) | 58.72 (3101) | 62.83 (3416) |
| Not involved in any earning activities | 97.06 (2640) | 97.10 (2641) | 87.29 (4610) | 93.80 (5100) |
| Did not get any support from HH members | 5.44 (148) | 5.77 (157) | 3.43 (181) | 4.10 (223) |
| Involved with aquaculture | 5.96 (162) | 3.79 (103) | 9.75 (515) | 7.79 (424) |
| Involved with horticulture | 33.16 (902) | 31.21 (849) | 64.41 (3401) | 52.63 (2863) |
| Coping strategy | 38.93 (1059) | 39.41 (1072) | 40.63 (2146) | 43.8 (2383) |
| Whether the incidents occurred in last 1 year | 69.3 (1885) | 70.63 (1921) | 69.81 (3684) | 68.36 (3712) |
| Visit from NGO health professionals | 27.50 (748) | 17.1 (465) | 39.92 (2108) | 20.05 (1090) |
| Domestic violence and abuse | ||||
| Husband threatening divorce | 7.46 (203) | 6.80 (185) | 9.35 (494) | 11.44 (622) |
| Husband threatening to take another wife | 7.87 (214) | 6.99 (190) | 10.68 (564) | 12.31 (669) |
| Verbal abuse by husband/other family member(s) | 33.79 (919) | 31.32 (852) | 43.14 (2278) | 41.92 (2279) |
| Physical abuse by husband/other family member(s) | 13.75 (374) | 13.38 (364) | 17.97 (949) | 19.32 (1050) |
| Experienced any domestic violence | 36.07 (981) | 33.27 (905) | 44.57 (2354) | 43.65 (2373) |
| Women have decision-making power on | ||||
| Food purchase | 44.56 (1212) | 43.42 (1181) | 74.66 (3943) | 63.95 (3477) |
| Major household purchase | 25.22 (686) | 24.34 (662) | 55.77 (2945) | 41.14 (2237) |
| Food preparation | 78.13 (2125) | 75.77 (2061) | 87.03 (4596) | 80.38 (4370) |
| Children’s healthcare | 58.86 (1601) | 56.32 (1532) | 79.93 (4221) | 71.07 (3864) |
| Own healthcare | 51.25 (1394) | 50.63 (1377) | 76.96 (4064) | 67.56 (3673) |
| Visiting family and relatives | 42.65 (1160) | 42.90 (1167) | 66.50 (3512) | 55.67 (3027) |
| All types of decision making | 17.32 (471) | 16.80 (457) | 45.26 (2390) | 31.38 (1706) |
*Before intervention.
†After intervention.
‡Mean±SD.
NGO, non-government organisation.