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Table 3 Characteristics at baseline of study participants

From: The impact of a community based rehabilitation program in Afghanistan: a longitudinal analysis using propensity score matching and difference in difference analysis

 

Treatment

Control

P value

n (%)

n (%)

Socioeconomic characteristics

 Gender

  Male

1054 (62.11)

701 (61.93)

p = 0.921

  Female

643 (37.89)

431 (38.07)

 

 Age (mean, SD)

15.34 (15.10)

30.85 (21.46

p < 0.0001

 Disability cause

  Birth

1009 (59.46)

338 (29.86)

p < 0.0001

  Accident

219 (12.91)

164 (14.49)

 

  Disease

321 (18.92)

296 (26.15)

 

  Conflict related

83 (4.89)

117 (10.34)

 

  Other cause

65 (3.83)

217 (19.17)

 

 Disability type

  Physical/Locomotor

1195 (70.88)

567 (59.19)

p < 0.0001

  Sensory

207 (12.28)

178 (18.58)

 

  Intellectual

159 (9.43)

70 (7.31)

 

  Mental Illness & epilepsy

7 (0.42)

45 (4.7)

 

  Multiple Disabilities

118 (7)

98 (10.23)

 

 Ethnicity

  Pashtun

576 (33.98)

428 (38.32)

p = 0.003

  Tajik

699 (41.24)

390 (34.91)

 

  Minority Ethnic

420 (24.78)

299 (26.77)

 

 Assets index

  poorest

223 (13.25)

341 (33.7)

p < 0.0001

  20–80%

1094 (65)

532 (52.57)

 

  Highest

366 (21.75)

139 (13.74)

 

 Swedish Committee regional office

  Eastern region

271 (15.97)

250 (22.08)

p < 0.0001

  Northern region

589 (34.71)

338 (29.86)

 

  South eastern region

374 (22.04)

221 (19.52)

 

  North eastern region

463 (27.28)

323 (28.53)

 

 Age of onset of disability (mean, SD)

8.24 (14.38)

16.94 (20.12)

p < 0.0001

 Education

  Illiterate

1434 (85.2)

783 (81.56)

p = 0.114

  Some education

249 (14.8)

177 (18.44)

 

 Employment status (18–65 years old)

  Not working

258 (258)

380 (72.24)

p < 0.0001

  Working

173 (40.14)

146 (27.76)

 

Village characteristics

 Distance to road (kms) (mean, SD)

1.15 (2.28)

2.55 (9.64)

p < 0.0001

 Road usable by motorized vehicle (ref.: not usable

1640 (96.64)

1030 (90.99)

p < 0.0001

 Electricity (ref: no electricity)

1515 (89.28)

868 (76.68)

p < 0.0001

 School in the village (ref: no school)

1356 (79.91)

832 (73.5)

p < 0.0001

 Time to reach school (minutes) (mean, SD)

17.04 (10.36)

19.31 (12.48)

p < 0.0001

 Healthcare facility in the village (ref: no healthcare facility)

817 (48.14)

496 (43.82)

p = 0.024

 Time to reach healthcare facility (minutes) (mean, SD)

24.511 (18.50)

30.35 (24.36)

p < 0.0001

 Presence of a self-help group (ref: none)

378 (22.27)

230 (20.32)

p = 0.215

 Presence of an International NGO (ref: none)

394 (23.22)

157 (13.87)

p < 0.0001

 Presence of a religious group (ref: none)

274 (16.15)

181 (15.99)

p = 0.911

 Presence of a political party (ref: none)

259 (15.26)

253 (22.35)

p < 0.0001

 Presence of a village Shurah (ref.: none)

1377 (81.14)

932 (82.33)

p = 0.424

 Presence of an education Shurah (ref.: none)

874 (51.5)

553 (48.85)

p = 0.167

 Presence of a health Shurah (ref.: none)

493 (29.05)

282 (24.91)

p = 0.016

 Presence of a Community development Council (ref.: none)

1298 (76.49)

858 (75.8)

p = 0.672

 Presence of a business cooperative (ref.: none)

308 (18.15)

48 (4.24)

p < 0.0001

 Presence of a District Development Assembly (ref.: none)

317 (18.68)

284 (25.09)

p < 0.0001

 Presence of a CBR committee (ref.: none)

899 (52.98)

66 (5.83)

p < 0.0001

 Village affected by a natural disaster in last 3 years (ref: not affected)

867 (51.09)

711 (62.81)

p < 0.0001

 Village affected by an attack in last 3 years (ref: not affected)

518 (30.52)

220 (19.43)

p < 0.0001

 Village affected by another crisis/disaster in last 3 years (ref: not affected)

1313 (77.37)

959 (84.72)

p < 0.0001