Table 3.
Socio-Economic characteristics of pre- and post-groups in Ghana and Tanzania
| SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHICS | Ghana | Tanzania | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-intervention | Post-Intervention | p-value | Pre-intervention | Post-Intervention | p-value | ||
| Age, years | |||||||
| Mean (SD) [Min, Max] | 28.4 (7.1) [15, 49] | 28.3 (7.1) (17, 49) | 0.77 | 27.8 (6.3) [16, 47] | 27.8 (6.4) [15., 49] | 0.87 | |
| Median (IR) | 27 (23, 33) | 27.5 (23, 33) | 27 (23, 32) | 27 (23, 32) | |||
| ≤ 20 | 94 (12.5) | 89 /750 (11.9) | 83 (11.1) | 97/752 (12.9) | |||
| ≤ 25 | 216 (28.8) | 210 /750 (28.0) | 231 (30.8) | 217/752 (28.9) | |||
| ≤ 30 | 184 (24.5) | 189 /750 (25.2) | 211 (28.1) | 207/752 (27.5) | |||
| ≤ 35 | 126 (16.8) | 145 /750 (19.3) | 125 (16.7) | 145/752 (19.3) | |||
| ≤ 40 | 83 (11.1) | 75 /750 (10.0) | 75 (10.0) | 56/752 (7.4) | |||
| > 40 | 47 (6.3) | 42 /750 (5.6) | 25 (3.3) | 30/752 (4.0) | |||
| Current contraception use | |||||||
| IUD | 8/636 (1.3) | 8/678 (1.2) | 0.90 | 40/728 (5.5) | 30/745 (4.0) | 0.19 | |
| Injectables | 458/636 (72.0) | 552/678 (81.4) | < 0.0001 | 391/728 (53.7) | 349/745 (46.9) | 0.008 | |
| Implants | 130/636 (20.4) | 103/678 (15.2) | 0.0128 | 218/728 (30.0) | 175/745 (23.5) | 0.005 | |
| Pill | 33/636 (5.0) | 22/678 (3.2) | 0.079 | 122/728 (16.8) | 171/745 (23.0) | 0.003 | |
| Male condom | 17/636 (2.7) | 5/678 (0.7) | 0.0063 | 53/728 (7.3) | 18/745 2.4) | < 0.0001 | |
| Female condom | 5/636 (0.8) | 7/678 (1.0) | 0.64 | 9/728 (1.2) | 4/745 (0.5) | 0.15 | |
| Emergency contraception | 11/636 (1.7) | 16/678 (2.4) | 0.42 | 1/728 (0.1) | 2/745 (0.3) | 0.58 | |
| Standard days method | 7/636 (1.1) | 4/678 (0.6) | 0.24 | 23/728 (3.2) | 2/745 (0.3) | < 0.0001 | |
| Lactational amenorrhea method | 6/636 (0.9) | 1/678 (0.1) | 0.052 | 27/728 (3.7) | 0/745 (0.0) | < 0.0001 | |
| Rhythm method | 4/636 (0.6) | 2/678 (0.3) | 0.31 | 50/728 (6.9) | 0/745 (0.0) | < 0.0001 | |
| Withdrawal | 18/636 (2.8) | 7/678 (1.0) | 0.014 | 23/728 (3.2) | 0/745 (0.0) | < 0.0001 | |
| Other method | 0/636 (0.2) | 0/678 (0.0) | 0.90 | 0/728 (0.0) | 0/745 (0.0) | - | |
| Highest level of school completed | |||||||
| < 0.0001 | 0.69 | ||||||
| Primary or lower | 568/750 (75.7 | 400 /750 (53.3) | 500/750 (66.7) | 494/752 (65.7) | |||
| Higher than primary education | 182/750 (24.3) | 350/750 (46.7) | 250/750 (33.3) | 258/752 (34.3) | |||
| Marital status | |||||||
| < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | ||||||
| Currently married | 476 (63.5) | 430 /750 (57.3) | 636 (84.8) | 537/752 (71.4) | |||
| Never married | 225 (30.0) | 298 /750 (39.7) | 77 (10.3) | 196/752 (26.1) | |||
| Widowed | 4 (0.5) | 2 /750 (0.2) | 6 (0.8) | 2/752 (0.3) | |||
| Separated | 21 (2.8) | 13 /750 (1.7) | 22 (2.9) | 13/752 (1.7) | |||
| Divorced | 20 (2.7) | 7 /750 (0.9) | 8 (1.1) | 4/752 (0.5) | |||
| Other (Cohabitation, Fiancé, no husband) | 4 (0.5) | - | 1 (0.1) | 537/752 (71.4) | |||