. 2023 Jul 31;23:547. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05873-2

Table 2.

Comparison of participants the two study groups on in socioeconomic, obstetric characteristics and baseline questionnaire scores

Participant characteristic	Intervention group (n = 33)	Control group (n = 33)	p
Age: M (SD)	33.52 ± 4.91	32.88 ± 3.90	.56^c
Level of education
Junior college or below	4	2	.67^b
University or above	29	31
Marital Status
Married	32	32	.75^b
Not married	1	1
Religiosity
Religious	18	19	.80^a
Not religious	15	14
Employment status
Employed	28	22	.09^a
Unemployed	5	11
Income
Less than US$1500	17	12	.42^a
US$1500–US$2999	11	13
More than US$2999	5	8
Pregnancy intention			.28^a
Intentional	25	21
Unintentional	8	12
Parity			.57^a
No prior births	27	22
1 or more prior births	6	11
Mode of Delivery°			.43^a
Vaginal	25	22
Cesarean	7	8
Infant°			.81^a
Male	15	15
Female	17	15
Infant baby weight°	3012.81 ± 296.11	2948.67 ± 283.85	.39^c
Postpartum confinement care°			.25^a
Family care	11	5
Yuesao care	7	5
Postpartum care centers	14	19

^aChi-Square test; ^bFisher’s Exact Test; ^cIndependent t test; °Numbers may sum to less than 96 because of missing data; Significant at the p ≤ .05