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. 2023 Oct 25;3(10):e0001669. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001669

Table 1. Sample characteristics, Bachpan Cohort, Pakistan, n = 877.

  Mean or N SD or % Range
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.