Table 4 Differences in awareness and practices of safe behaviours at household level between contracted out and control sites – disaggregated by Thatta and Chitral

Women aware of at least one danger sign of pregnancy

8.1

0.08

11.5

<0.01

Women receiving two or more TT injections during last pregnancy

2.8

0.58

−4.8

0.18

Women aware about at least one danger sign of newborn illness

7.5

0.15

8.6

0.02

Safe cord handling practices

−13.8

<0.01

13.4

<0.001

Immunized for BCG at birth

9.2

0.09

10.6

<0.01

Newborns weighed at birth

28.8

<0.001

1.9

0.73

Vitamin A supplementation in the last 6 months

3.3

0.03

0.2

0.93

Percentage who started breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth

20.7

<0.001

13.5

0.001

Percentage who were given colostrum

−6.1

<0.05

6.8

<0.05

Percentage who were given prelacteal feed

10.5

0.03

−17.5

<0.001

Aware about ORS preparation

−0.2

0.97

−1.3

0.69