Table 1. Sample characteristics, Bachpan Cohort, Pakistan, n = 877.
Mean or N | SD or % | Range | ||
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Maternal characteristics (baseline) | ||||
Maternal age | 26.60 | 4.29 | 18–45 | |
Maternal education | ||||
None | 124 | 13.60 | ||
Primary or middle school | 338 | 36.27 | ||
Secondary school or higher | 413 | 50.14 | ||
Natal family history of mental illness | 95 | 8.93 | ||
Depression diagnosis (SCID) | 314 | 27.56 | ||
Household characteristics (baseline) | ||||
People per room | 2.37 | 1.87 | 0–23 | |
Nuclear family (vs. joint or extended) | 111 | 13.16 | ||
Grandmother coresidence | 609 | 68.29 | ||
Trial arm: Intervention (vs. control) | 426 | 51.68 | ||
Household assets* | ||||
Lowest | 165 | 17.58 | ||
Lower middle | 176 | 18.37 | ||
Middle | 184 | 19.68 | ||
Upper middle | 173 | 21.99 | ||
Highest | 177 | 22.38 | ||
Child characteristics (36 months) | ||||
Age (months) | 36.3 | 0.60 | ||
Gender: Female | 432 | 48.37 | ||
Length-for-age z-score | -0.99 | 1.10 | -4.59–2.87 | |
Weight-for-age z-score | -0.96 | 0.99 | -4.64–4.23 | |
Weight-for-height z-score | -0.61 | 1.12 | -5.08–5.65 | |
BSITD receptive language scaled score | 10.43 | 2.79 | 5–19 | |
BSITD fine motor scaled score | 11.45 | 4.03 | 2–19 | |
ASQ-SE total score | 38.83 | 17.03 | 10–170 | |
SDQ total difficulties score | 14.02 | 6.30 | 3–34 |
* Sampling probability and inverse probability weights were used to calculate means, SDs, and percentages.
Abbreviations: Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSITD); Ages and Stages Questionnaire-Socioemotional (ASQ-SE); Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
* Principal components analysis was used to create an asset index and then operationalized as quintiles.