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Table 5 Summary of matched and unmatched group characteristics before and after PSM for diarrhoea

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

1.92

1.87

0.727

1.67

1.81

0.436

Sex caretaker

1.63

1.57

0.368

1.58

1.54

0.622

Children per household

2.01

2.04

0.856

1.92

2.09

0.216

Mother’s education

0.11

0.10

0.815

0.20

0.11

0.114

Household wealth

−0.41

−0.68

0.147

−0.48

−0.69

0.32

Fever present

0.45

0.60

0.028

0.61

0.58

0.74

Cough + fast breathing present

0.38

0.49

0.091

0.46

0.47

0.87

Peri-urban location

2.76

2.78

0.783

2.51

2.81

0.005

No transport available at home

0.44

0.68

0.001

0.59

0.66

0.398

Aware that CHWs have drugs

1.59

1.26

0.11

1.44

1.20

0.262

Previous visits to CHW

1.89

2.32

0.122

2.69

2.34

0.265

Number of previous hospitalisation

6.24

1.41

0.084

0.28

0.20

0.542

Duration of illness

6.49

6.54

0.974

7.30

6.61

0.306

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