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Table 1 Endline mean characteristics in intervention and control clusters, and normalized mean differences across study arms # * +

From: Strengthening malaria service delivery through supportive supervision and community mobilization in an endemic Indian setting: an evaluation of nested delivery models

 

Supportive supervision and community mobilization (Arm A)

Community mobilization (Arm B)

Control

Normalized differences: Arms A-B

Normalized differences: Arms A-K

Normalized differences: Arms B-K

Annual malaria parasite incidence per cluster

12.26

10.79

9.12

-0.025

-0.049

0.255

Household characteristics n/N (%)

Hindu

304/390 (77.9)

291/400 (72.8)

298/390 (76.4)

0.085

0.026

-0.058

Christian

74/390 (18.9)

96/400 (24.0)

78/390 (20.0)

-0.088

-0.020

0.068

Others

12/390 (3.1)

13/400 (3.3)

14/390 (3.6)

-0.008

-0.020

-0.012

Scheduled Tribe

282/390 (72.3)

306/400 (76.5)

303/390 (77.7)

-0.068

-0.088

-0.020

Scheduled Caste

26/390 (6.7)

34/400 (8.5)

21/390 (5.4)

-0.048

0.039

0.086

Others

82/390 (21.0)

60/400 (15.0)

66/390 (16.9)

0.159

0.109

-0.036

  1. #None of the 21 pairwise t-tests for equality of means across study arms revealed a significant difference between the average household characteristics, at a 5% level of significance.
  2. *There are 390 households in Arm A, 400 in Arm B and 390 in the control arm.