Outcomes | Specific outcomes indicators | # of included effects (total number of beneficiaries) | Overall effect size [95% CI] | Estimated percentile change compared to control group [95% CI] | Heterogeneity of overall effect (Q and I^2) | Range of effects |
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Food security | Food security index—whether HH had surplus food or deficit, enough food to eat, and could afford to eat two meals a day; Food availability: sufficient food to meet the household's needs; Household food insecurity access scale; Skip meals | 4 (12,545) | 0.24* [0.00; 0.47] | 9.5% [0; 18.1%] | 111.16***, 97.3% | 0.07 to 0.67 |
Food affordability/availability | Food consumption score; Total food consumption expenditure in the 12 months preceding the survey (Food production and market purchases) (LOG)-Household; Food consumption (RS/year); Grain stocks (kg); Per capita food consumption | 6 (12,972) | 0.23** [0.09; 0.38] | 9.1% [3.6%; 14.8%] | 187.27***, 91.99% | − 0.11 to 0.49 |
Diet quality and adequacy | Household dietary diversity; Additional food consumed during pregnancy; Protein intake p.c. (g/day) in the total population; Variety of foods consumed | 4 (16,025.5) | 0.09** [0.06, 0.12] | 3.6% [2.4%; 4.8%] | 0.53***, 0% | 0.076 to 0.14 |
Weight relative to length | Weight-for-length z score; BMI-for-age z score | 2 (1156.6) | 0.12* [0.00, 0.23] | 4.8% [0; 9.1%] | 0.12, 0% | 0.06 to 0.12 |
Well-being outcomes | Mental health index; Worry about insufficient food | 2 (10,100) | 0.08 [0.01; 0.15] | 3.2% [0.4%; 6%] | 2.9*, 65.6% | − 0.11 to 0.04 |