Table 5 Coefficients and 95% confidence intervals for the extent to which women in the intervention VDCs, relative to women in the control VDCs, within different demographic subgroups who were following good practice during the study period were more (or less) likely to be doing so as a result of a positive change in practice (%BETTER/%GOOD ratio)

Household:

Ethnicity:

   Tamang

1

1

1

1

...Brahmin-Chhetri

0.79 (0.44, 1.41)

4.35 (2.94, 6.67)

1.52 (1.09, 2.08)

1.72 (1.25, 2.38)

   Magar

0.71 (0.22, 2.22)

5.26 (2.70, 10.0)

2.44 (1.37, 4.17)

3.33 (1.92, 5.88)

   Other

1.49 (0.68, 3.33)

2.63 (1.69, 4.00)

0.91 (0.65, 1.28)

1.45 (1.02, 2.04)

No assets listed

1

1

1

1

Clock, radio, iron, bicycle

1.28 (0.93, 1.75)

1.61 (1.16, 2.22)

1.28 (1.01, 1.64)

1.12 (0.88, 1.45)

More costly appliances

1.33 (0.89, 2.00)

2.13 (1.43, 3.23)

2.94 (2.04, 4.35)

1.19 (0.82, 1.72)

Number of months with sufficient food

1.05 (1.00, 1.11)

1.11 (1.05, 1.19)

1.06 (1.02, 1.11)

0.95 (0.91, 1.00)

Mother:

Age (per additional year)

1.01 (0.99, 1.04)

1.00 (0.98, 1.03)

0.99 (0.98, 1.01)

1.01 (0.99, 1.03)

Illiterate

1

1

1

1

Reads with difficulty

0.94 (0.63, 1.41)

1.41 (0.94, 2.13)

1.67 (1.18, 2.33)

0.99 (0.71, 1.39)

Reads with ease

1.56 (1.10, 2.22)

1.59 (1.12, 2.22)

1.56 (1.14, 2.13)

1.47 (1.06, 2.04)

No formal education

1

1

1

1

Primary schooling only

1.35 (0.94, 1.96)

1.06 (0.74, 1.54)

1.01 (0.87, 1.18)

1.35 (0.96, 1.92)

Secondary or higher

1.54 (0.91, 2.56)

1.89 (1.14, 3.13)

1.15 (0.93, 1.41)

1.59 (0.93, 2.70)