Study design and participants
We evaluated the effects of the RMA intervention using a factorial, 4-arm cRCT, including a control arm and three intervention arms: household visits only (Arm 1), small group sessions only (Arm 2), and both household visits and small group sessions (Arm 3); all intervention arms included community dialogues. Full study protocol is available elsewhere [We recruited participants from 48 villages selected from the Dosso, Doutchi, and Loga districts in the Dosso region of Niger. Eligibility criteria for villages included (1) having at least 1000 residents; (2) being primarily Hausa or Zarma-speaking (the two major languages of central southern Niger); and (3) having received no intervention specific to contraceptive use or gender equity. Eligibility criteria for participants within selected villages included (1) being Hausa or Zarma speaking; (2) not planning to move away from the village in the next 18 months; (3) not planning to travel away from the village for more than 3 months during the next 18 months; and (4) not being sterilized.