Understanding effectiveness of a low-cost food package for ensuring food security during the COVID-19 at the household level: Difference-in-differences analyses of a quasi-experimental trial in Bangladesh
Md. Golam Rasul e outros, 2026 · PLOS One
Providing a 15-day survival food package repeatedly over three months increased the proportion of food-secure households by 13.13 percentage points.
Estimativa · Food-secure households, percentage points
13,1 [3,90; 22,4]
percentage points
p: <0.01
- Desenho
- Diferenças em diferenças. Quasi-experimental difference-in-differences trial across urban and rural sites
- População
- Vulnerable low-income households affected by COVID-19 lockdowns in Mirpur (Dhaka) and Matlab (Chandpur), Bangladesh, in 2020
- Amostra
- 489 · households
Onde está o número
Table 4, row 'Household food security status - Secure', DID Coefficient column
Endline | 56 | 22.95 (2.69) | 17.67, 28.23 | 76 | 31.02 (2.96) | 25.22, 36.82 | 13.13 | 3.9, 22.35 | <0.01
Contexto
What changed: Low-income families received a recurring, culturally adapted survival food package meeting daily energy requirements during COVID-19 lockdowns. Comparison: Comparable vulnerable households receiving only COVID-19 health communication messages. Limits: Significant baseline imbalance in food security between groups and a relatively small sample.
Caminho no grafo
- FamíliaTransferências, subsídios e financiamento
- TipoTransferências em espécie
- MecanismoConsumo a partir da renda adicional
- ResultadoSegurança alimentar
- EixoAlimentação
MAGI só cita evidência deste instrumento
Lugares do estudo
- Matlab, Chandpur · Distrito ou local · BD
- Licença
- CC-BY
- Revisão
- Extraído por máquina, não revisadoExtraído por: gemini-3.8-flash, 2026-10-23