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. 2023 Jun 16;23:448. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05755-7

Table 2.

Sample descriptive statistics

Voucher Study Integra Study
Postnatal care (PNC) clients Bangladesh N = 208 n (%) Cambodia N = 635) n (%) Kenya N = 1,619 n (%) eSwatini N = 319 n (%) Kenya n = 545 N (%)
Age (Mean, SE) 23.8 (0.33) 26.8 (0.21) 25.8 (0.15) 26.3 (0.25) 25.1 (0.32)
Age group
 15 to 20 67 (32.2) 56 (8.8) 309 (19.1) 71 (22.3) 87 (16.0)
 21 to 29 109 (52.4) 390 (61.4) 900 (55.6) 171 (53.6) 307 (56.3)
 30 to 39 32 (15.4) 174 (27.4) 377 (23.3) 74 (23.2) 139 (25.5)
 40 +  0 (0.0) 15 (2.4) 32 (2.0) 3 (0.9) 12 (2.2)
Education
 Less than primary 45 (21.4) 77 (12.2) 104 (6.4) 24 (7.5) 217 (39.8)
 Primary completion 55 (26.4) 306 (48.2) 913 (56.4) 59 (18.5) 224 (41.1)
 Secondary 104 (50.0) 203 (31.9) 416 (25.7) 109 (34.3) 77 (14.1)
 Tertiary 7 (3.4) 49 (7.7) 186 (11.5) 126 (39.6) 27 (5.0)
Number of times given birth
 One 88 (42.1) 251 (39.6) 531 (32.8) 109 (34.2) 163 (29.9)
 Two 66 (31.6) 190 (29.9) 436 (26.9) 81 (25.3) 126 (23.2)
 Three 27 (13.2) 101 (15.9) 295 (18.2) 66 (20.6) 105 (19.3)
 Four or more 27 (13.2) 93 (14.6) 359 (22.2) 63 (19.9) 151 (27.7)
Marital status
 Never married 0 (0.0) 3 (0.5) 189 (11.7) 176 (55.3) 63 (11.6)
 Ever married 208 (100.0) 632 (99.5) 1430 (88.3) 143 (44.7) 482 (88.4)
Antenatal care (ANC) clients Bangladesh N = 1,036 n (%) Cambodia N = 957 n (%) Kenya N = 1,176 n (%)
 Age (Mean, SE) 23.5 (0.15) 27.8 (0.13) 25.2 (0.17)
Age group
 15 to 20 370 (35.7)) 83 (8.7) 262 (22.3)
 21 to 29 523 (50.5) 534 (55.8) 683 (58.1)
 30 to 39 137 (13.2) 287 (30.0) 249 (21.2)
 40 +  6 (0.6) 54 (5.6) 16 (1.4)
Education
 Less than primary 153 (14.8) 107 (11.2) 62 (5.3)
 Primary completion 241 (23.3) 479 (50.0) 635 (54.0)
 Secondary 587 (56.7) 277 (28.9) 348 (29.6)
 Tertiary 55 (5.3) 95 (9.9) 132 (11.2)
Number of times pregnant
 One 410 (39.6) 348 (36.4) 396 (33.7)
 Two 304 (29.3) 276 (28.8) 336 (28.6)
 Three 167 (16.1) 151 (15.8) 203 (17.3)
 Four or more 156 (15.1) 182 (19.0) 240 (20.4)
Marital status
 Never married 0 (0.0) 10 (1.0) 136 (11.6)
 Ever married 1036 (100.0) 947 (99.0) 1001 (85.1)