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Table 4 Average treatment effects (ATE) for male involvement outcomes, by age group, Kinshasa 2020

From: Impact of the Momentum pilot project on male involvement in maternal health and newborn care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a quasi-experimental study

Outcome

15–24

25 + 

Total

Knowledge of 3 or more obstetric danger signs a

 ATE

0.250

0.146

0.181

 95% CI

(0.124, 0.376)

(0.054, 0.239)

(0.106, 0.256)

P-value

 < 0.001

0.002

 < 0.001

 N

393

811

1,204

Knowledge of 3 or more newborn danger signs a

 ATE

0.150

0.131

0.139

 95% CI

(0.022, 0.278)

(0.037, 0.225)

(0.063, 0.216)

P-value

0.022

0.007

 < 0.001

 N

393

811

1,204

Gender-equitable Men’s scale a

 ATE

0.129

0.132

0.130

 95% CI

(-0.087, 0.344)

(-0.019, 0.280)

(0.007, 0.252)

P-value

0.243

0.087

0.038

 N

393

811

1,204

Male involvement in ANC b

 ATE

0.838

0.733

0.728

 95% CI

(0.401, 1.276)

(0.368, 1.098)

(0.445, 1.010)

P-value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 N

393

811

1,204

Male involvement in birth planning b

 ATE

0.503

0.334

0.407

 95% CI

(0.049, 0.957)

(0.034, 0.635)

(0.157, 0.657)

P-value

0.030

0.029

0.001

 N

393

811

1,204

Male engagement in newborn care b

 ATE

0.716

0.708

0.690

 95% CI

(0.094, 1.338)

(0.318, 1.098)

(0.359, 1.021)

P-value

0.024

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 N

393

811

1,204

MNH shared decision-making index b

 ATE

0.097

-0.006

0.008

 95% CI

(-0.243, 0.437)

(-0.296, 0.285)

(-0.218, 0.234)

P-value

0.575

0.970

0.945

 N

393

811

1,204

  1. Data pertain to male partners with live-born babies
  2. a Based on random-effects probit and linear models with pairwise comparisons of average marginal effects. The analysis controls single years of age, household wealth, number of years of schooling, marital status, both parents with secondary/higher education, always lived in locality of residence, employed in the past 12 months, weekly exposure to television, first-time father, relationship satisfaction, and perceived power in the relationship
  3. b Based on treatment effects models with inverse-probability-weighting. The analysis controls for all characteristics listed in footnote a plus residence with biological father and high father involvement while growing up