TABLE 2.
Sociodemographic and Reproductive Characteristics of Study Participants
|
Baseline, No. (%)
(n=313) |
Endline,
No. (%) (n=314) |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (± SD) | 28.0 (±6.4) | 29.7 (±5.2) | <.001 |
| Native language | .039 | ||
| Sindhi | 276 (88.2) | 292 (93.0) | |
| Urdu, Punjabi, Balochi, Pushto, Saraiki, Brohi, Gujarati | 37 (11.8) | 22 (7.0) | |
| Women’s education | .693 | ||
| None/illiterate | 258 (82.4) | 255 (81.2) | |
| Some formal education | 55 (17.6) | 59 (18.8) | |
| Poverty | .135 | ||
| Women who live on less than US$1.25 a day | 49.1 (±15.0) | 50.9 (±15.2) | |
| Primigravida | .509 | ||
| Yes | 43 (13.7) | 49 (15.6) | |
| No | 270 (86.3) | 265 (84.4) | |
| Received antenatal care for index pregnancy | .635 | ||
| Yes | 294 (93.9) | 292 (93.0) | |
| No | 19 (6.1) | 22 (7.0) | |
| Mode of birth for current pregnancy | .286 | ||
| Cesarean delivery | 35 (11.2) | 44 (14.0) | |
| Vaginal birth | 278 (88.8) | 270 (86.0) | |
| Sex of baby at most recent birth | .493 | ||
| Boy | 153 (48.9) | 162 (51.6) | |
| Girl | 159 (50.1) | 152 (48.4) | |
| Twin (boy and girl) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) |