Table 3.
Baseline characteristics
| Variable | Intervention arm | Control arm | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual level N = 3419 | Cluster level N = 98 mean (SD) |
Individual level N = 3684 | Cluster level N = 98 mean (SD) |
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| Proportion female | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Family Religion: | ||||
| Hindu | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Muslim | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Family Caste: | ||||
| Schedule Caste | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Schedule Tribe | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Other Backward Caste | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Forward Caste | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Missing | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Child’s main female caregiver | ||||
| Biological mother | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Step mother | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Grandmother | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Other female family member | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Other | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| No female caregiver | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Missing | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Child’s main male caregiver | ||||
| Biological father | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Step father | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Grandfather | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Other male family member | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Other | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| No male caregiver | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Missing | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Main female caregiver's education: | ||||
| No schooling | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Primary | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Middle School | n( %) | x (x) | n( %) | x (x) |
| High School | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Higher secondary | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Graduate | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Postgraduate | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Missing | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Main male caregiver's education: | ||||
| No schooling | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Primary | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Middle School | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| High School | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Higher secondary | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Graduate | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Postgraduate | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Missing | n (%) | x (x) | n (%) | x (x) |
| Child’s age | mean (SD) | x (x) | mean (SD) | x (x) |
| Mother alive at baseline | n (%) | x (x) | n/N | x (x) |
| Father alive at baseline | n (%) | x (x) | n/N | x (x) |
| Main female caregiver's literacy: | ||||
| Can’t read | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Can read part of the sentence | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Read entire sentence | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Missing | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Main male caregiver's literacy: | ||||
| Can’t read | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Can read part of the sentence | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Read entire sentence | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Missing | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |