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Table 4 Sample means of the annual expenditure, coverage, project age and annual rent paid by target group and agency, from the Andhra Pradesh financial dataset (N = 78) (range)

From: A cost function for HIV prevention services: is there a 'u' – shape?

  

Target group*

"Agency": Management agency at recruitment of NGO & batch of recruitment **

 

Total

Non-vulnerable

Vulnerable

t test, p value

APSACS1

APSACS2

HHP

SMA1

SMA2

ANOVA p value

Total expenditure INR 000s

689.2 (40.85–1,581)

663.8 (40.85–1,581)

746.3 (528.1–1,246.9)

0.9375

677.1 (40.9–1,457.3)

639.2 (418.3–1,581)

822.2 (474.4–1,091)

767.3 (467.5–1,247)

695.0 (528.1–1,046)

0.185

No. of people reached

5,647 (675–24,111)

6,809 (993–24,111)

3,034 (675–14,871)

0.0004^^^

6,611 (993–13,955)

6,064 (1,027–17,614)

18,624 (14,390–24,111)

3,479 (1,555–14,871)

2,525 (675–7,099)

0.255

Expenditure per person reached, INR

224.5 (11.6–939.1

143.0 (11.6–592.6)

408.0 (74.3–939.1)

1.000

139.5 (11.6–529.0)

147.7 (35.4–592.6)

46.8 (27.3–75.8)

314.8 (74.3–748.4)

466.0 (107.0–939.1)

0.000^^^

Project age, yrs***

2.72 (2.1–5.6)

2.60 (2.1–5.6)

3 (2.1–3.92)

0.9724

2.5 (0)

2.25 (0)

5.59 (0)

3.92 (0)

2.08 (0)

n/a

Rent, INR

48,480 (0–90,338)

44,937 (0–71,540)

56,452 (31,399–90,338)

0.997

44,542 (0–61,891)

45,057 (19,905–65,388)

48,699 (29,680–71,541)

56,164 (31,281–72,677)

53,664 (43,059–90,338)

0.168

Sample size

78

54

24

 

22

26

3

14

13

 
  1. *"Vulnerable group" projects include those for commercial sex workers (CSW), street children (SC), transgenders (TG) and men who have sex with men (MSM); "Non vulnerable group" projects are those for truckers, mobile populations and slum dwellers. ** Prior to 2001, the targeted interventions were funded and managed by 3 different projects – Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS); Department for International Development UK (DFID) supported Healthy Highways Project (HHP); and the DFID supported State Management Agency (SMA). The dummies represent these 3 different projects and that both APSACS and SMA recruited NGOs in 2 separate batches.***Projects started at the same time within each "agency" group. ^^^significant at the 99% confidence level; ^^significant at the 95% confidence level; ^significant at the 90% confidence level.