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Table 5 Prevalence of and characteristics associated with worsened outcomes at endline relative to baseline

From: Cash for assets during acute food insecurity: an observational study in South Sudan

Overall prevalence

Outcome:

Worsened Hunger 1

Outcome: Worsened Coping Strategy Adoption 2

%

(95% CI)

P-value

%

(95% CI)

P-value

 Cohort A/B

32.2%

(29.5–34.8)

 < 0.001

45.3%

(42.5–48.1)

 < 0.001

 Control Group

27.8%

(24.2–31.5)

 

48.1%

(44.1–52.2)

 

 Cohort C

18.7%

(14.3–23.1)

 

27.3%

(22.3–32.4)

 

Associated characteristics

OR

(95% CI)

P-value

OR

(95% CI)

P-value

Demographic characteristics

 Any formal education (including incomplete)

0.74

(0.55–0.98)

0.037

1.21

(0.93–1.56)

0.160

 Household size

0.99

(0.95–1.03)

0.652

1.05

(1.01–1.09)

0.020

 Crowding (5 + HH members per room)

0.85

(0.69–1.05)

0.121

0.84

(0.69–1.03)

0.091

 Living in current community < 5 years

1.26

(0.88–1.81)

0.210

1.06

(0.75–1.50)

0.748

Household income and expenditures

 Expenditure quartile

  Bottom quartile

 

Reference

  

Reference

 

  2nd quartile

1.13

(0.88–1.45)

0.339

0.68

(0.54–0.85)

0.001

  3rd quartile

1.37

(1.05–1.80)

0.022

0.67

(0.51–0.86)

0.002

  Top quartile

1.14

(0.84–1.55)

0.396

0.65

(0.49–0.87)

0.004

Income generation activities

 Small business

1.10

(0.86–1.42)

0.436

1.12

(0.88–1.42)

0.352

 Crop/vegetable farming

1.19

(0.93–1.53)

0.168

1.24

(0.98–1.58)

0.075

 Livestock

0.90

(0.69–1.17)

0.438

0.59

(0.46–0.76)

 < 0.001

 Casual/daily labor (temporary)

0.85

(0.65–1.13)

0.262

0.70

(0.54–0.91)

0.008

 Market stall, vendor, or sales

1.04

(0.77–1.41)

0.788

0.38

(0.28–0.52)

 < 0.001

 More than one type of income source

1.05

(0.77–1.44)

0.748

1.13

(0.83–1.52)

0.439

 Any savings

1.12

(0.90–1.41)

0.312

0.89

(0.71–1.10)

0.287

 Purchased livestock

1.50

(1.16–1.92)

0.002

1.63

(1.27–2.09)

 < 0.001

 Savings/lending group member

0.77

(0.55–1.09)

0.139

0.73

(0.53–1.01)

0.060

  1. Models also adjust for study group (i.e., Cohort A/B, control group, Cohort C)
  2. 1Includes households that moved at least one category worse (into moderate or severe hunger) from baseline to endline
  3. 2Includes households that adopted a more severe level coping strategy at endline vs baseline