Table 4 Comparison of women’s empowerment indicators at baseline and endline in Areas A and B in the Curamericas/Guatemala Maternal and Child Health Project, 2011–2015
Hypothesis: Women’s empowerment improved from baseline to endline in Area A | Hypothesis: Women’s empowerment improved from baseline to endline in Area B | Hypothesis: Women’s empowerment improved more in Area A than in Area B | ||||||||
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Indicator | Baseline (January 2012), Area A (95% CI) n = 299 | Endline (June 2015), Area A (95% CI) n = 300 | Endline minus baseline | p-value, Baseline vs. Endline, Area A | Baseline (January 2012), Area B (95% CI) n = 300 | Endline (June 2015), Area B (95% CI) n = 300 | Endline minus baseline | p-value, Baseline vs. Endline, Area B | Is difference in Area A greater than in Area B? | p-value, difference in differences, Area A vs. Area B |
Participation in decision-making regarding contraception | 56.5% (49.6, 63.4) | 84.3% (80.2, 88.4) | 27.8% | < 0.001 | 55.7% (50.1, 61.3) | 83.0% (78.7, 87.3) | 27.3% | < 0.001 | Yes (0.5 percentage points) | 0.92 |
Participation in decision-making regarding location of delivery and selection of the birth attendant | 68.2% (60.5, 75.9) | 84.3% (73.6, 83.0) | 16.1% | < 0.001 | 71.3% (66.2, 76.4) | 76.0% (71.2, 80.8) | 4.7% | 0.114 | Yes (11.4 percentage points) | 0.02 |
Participation in decision-making regarding treatment of acute respiratory infection | 72.7% (67.7, 77.7) | 74.2% (63.3, 85.1) | 1.5% | 0.347 | 76.9% (72.1, 81.7) | 89.7% (86.3, 93.1) | 12.8% | < 0.001 | No | 0.07 |
Control of money for purchasing food for children | 12.6% (8.8, 16.4) | 11.7% (8.1, 15.3) | −0.9% | 0.396 | 11.4% (8.7, 15.0) | 7.3% (4.4, 10.2) | −4.1% | 0.061 | Yes (3.2 percentage points) | 0.41 |
Contact with a Care Group | 8.4% (5.3, 11.1) | 67.7% (62.0, 72.9) | 59.3% | < 0.001 | 10.3% (6.9, 13.7) | 59.7% (53.9, 65.2) | 49.4% | < 0.001 | Yes (9.9 percentage points) | 0.02 |
Women’s participation in community meetings | 10.0% (6.6, 13.4) | 24.3% (19.5, 29.1) | 14.3% | < 0.001 | 10.7% (7.2, 14.2) | 28.0% (22.9, 33.1) | 17.3% | < 0.001 | No | 1.00 |