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The problem
Intervention: Increased maternal autonomy (measured as decision-making power, tolerance of domestic violence, and financial independence)
Who it was tested with: 7,348 mother-child pairs from Malawi Demographic and Health Surveys (2010 and 2015/16); mothers aged 15-49 years, children aged 0-59 months.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"We utilized nationally representative pooled cross-sectional data from the 2010 and 2015/16 Malawi Demographic and Health Surveys (MDHS)" and "Logistic regression assessed associations between maternal autonomy and stunting." This is a observational study design that measures associations over time but cannot establish causation or rule out alternative explanations for the observed relationship.
Cross-sectional design prevents causal inference; the association may be confounded by unmeasured variables; concurrent interventional programs during the study period may have contributed to the observed decrease in stunting, making it difficult to isolate the independent effect of maternal autonomy.
Across countries and designs
2 studies · 2 countries
