Creating spaces for dialogue: a cluster-randomized evaluation of CARE’s Community Score Card on health governance outcomes

Table 6 Modern family planning as predicted by governance-related measures (subpopulation analysis^b)

Independent variable	Odds Ratio	Confidence Interval	Χ²	p
Trust in health workers	1.03	0.53–2.00	0.01	.922
Power sharing	0.98	0.70–1.39	0.01	.927
Mutual responsibility	0.45	0.14–1.40	1.93	.165
Negotiated spaces participation	1.36	0.97–1.90	3.12	.077
Joint monitoring and transparency	2.35	1.22–4.54	6.47	.011
Equity and quality	2.23	0.78–6.38	2.23	.135
Collective efficacy	0.90	0.48–1.71	0.10	.758
Outcomes of collective action (direct)	2.60	1.02–6.64	4.02	.045
Perceived health outcomes of collective action	1.02	0.63–1.65	0.00	.945
Is the Health Advisory Committee an effective bridge between the health facility and community?	3.39	1.51–7.63	8.70	.003
Is there a Community Action Group or Safe Motherhood Committee?	1.41	0.73–2.74	1.04	.308
Does the Community Action Group or Safe Motherhood Committee provide maternal and newborn health support?	1.68	0.37–7.69	0.45	.504
Community help	1.59	1.10–2.31	6.00	.014

^aEstimates were obtained from separate models for each outcome. All models contained the following covariates: religion, ethnicity, current marital status, literacy, number of lifetime live births, wealth index, and nearest health facility providing delivery services
^bAmong those women in the intervention areas who reported a meeting in their community

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