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Table 4 Summary of matched and unmatched group characteristics before and after PSM for pneumonia

From: Impact of an integrated community case management programme on uptake of appropriate diarrhoea and pneumonia treatments in Uganda: A propensity score matching and equity analysis study

Variable

Unmatched and untreated

Unmatched and treated

P > |t|

Matched and untreated

Matched and treated

P > |t|

Age child

2.37

2.28

0.484

2.22

2.15

0.601

Sex caretaker

1.63

1.70

0.105

1.69

1.69

0.906

Children per household

2.00

2.02

0.824

2.06

2.04

0.82

Mother’s education

0.16

0.10

0.089

0.11

0.11

0.862

Household wealth

−0.08

−0.44

0.02

−0.46

−0.40

0.698

Fever present

0.42

0.49

0.101

0.57

0.51

0.323

Diarrhoea present

0.20

0.23

0.356

0.28

0.25

0.62

Peri-urban location

2.75

2.83

0.145

2.85

2.87

0.793

No transport available at home

0.54

0.44

0.032

0.46

0.43

0.66

Aware that CHWs have drugs

1.74

1.34

0.018

1.41

1.25

0.237

Aware of pneumonia danger signs

0.12

0.16

0.151

0.13

0.16

0.441

Previous visits to CHWs

1.57

2.17

0.001

2.43

2.17

0.224

Number of previous hospitalisation

6.59

4.55

0.344

0.96

1.32

0.727

Duration of illness

6.89

5.61

0.071

5.68

5.56

0.772

  1. N.B. The term treated in the table refers to children exposed to the iCCM programme