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. 2023 Nov 22;28:100634. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100634

Table 1.

Characteristics of women between 15 and 49 years with a live birth in the last 12 months at baseline, follow-up year 2, and follow-up year 3.

Baseline (Dec 2017–Jan 2019, n = 324)
Follow-up year 2 (Feb 2019–Oct 2020, n = 532)
p-value Follow-up year 3 (Nov 2020–Nov 2021, n = 336)
p-value
n % n % n %
District
 Nauta 205 63 323 61 0.63 191 57 0.42
 Parinari 66 20 120 23 82 24
 Saquena 53 16 89 17 63 19
Age
 15–19 57 18 95 18 0.25 72 21 0.15
 20–34 202 62 354 67 203 60
 35–49 65 20 83 16 61 18
Highest educationa
 No education 3 1 4 1 0.0031 3 1 0.50
 Primary 163 51 201 38 133 40
 Secondary 149 46 306 58 192 57
 Superior 7 2 21 4 7 2
Household incomeb
 <S/150 extreme poverty 167 52 233 45 0.20 165 50 0.24
 S/151–250 poverty 90 28 178 34 116 35
 >S/250 above poverty line 65 20 110 21 49 15
Ethnicityc
 Kokama-Kokamilla 148 47 231 47 0.54 136 44 0.0020
 Mixed-race 132 42 195 40 155 50
 Other/None 33 11 64 13 20 6
Religiond
 Catholic 162 52 239 48 0.60 148 45 0.0011
 Evangelic 123 40 215 43 129 39
 Others 26 8 41 8 54 16
Birth order
 1 48 15 136 26 0.0004 80 24 0.33
 2–4 162 50 257 48 155 46
 ≥5 114 35 139 26 101 30
Distance to health centre
 ≤0–10 km 111 34 183 34 0.95 105 34 0.39
 11–22 km 104 32 175 33 123 33
 23–51 km 109 34 174 33 106 33
Antenatal care contactse
 0 25 8 45 9 0.58 19 6 0.12
 1–5 111 34 194 38 143 44
 6–7 104 32 145 29 101 31
 ≥8 83 26 122 24 65 20
Type of birth
 Vaginal 299 92 500 94 0.26 311 93 0.42
 Caesarean 25 8 32 6 25 7
Place of birth
 Hospital 41 13 66 12 0.027 39 12 0.32
 Health centre 40 12 91 17 54 16
 Health post 33 10 83 16 39 12
 At home 208 64 286 54 197 59
 Transit/Other 2 1 6 1 7 2
Type of birth attendant
 Skilled birth attendant 128 40 246 46 0.11 135 40 0.047
 Traditional birth attendant 132 40 175 33 140 42
 Family member/unskilled 64 20 111 21 61 18
Any MDR CHW home visit
 During pregnancyf 12 4 322 63 <0.0001 180 54 0.017
 After birthg 5 2 255 48 <0.0001 128 38 0.011

P-values calculated using F-test accounting for clustering at the community level.

a

Highest level reached, completed and not completed. Three women responded with “don't know”.

b

Monthly gross household income. Currency is Peruvian Soles (PEN), at the time of write-up 1 PEN was 0.27 USD, with income categories translating to < 41 USD = extreme poverty, 41–68 USD = poverty, and >68 USD = above poverty line. Eighteen women responded with “don't know”.

c

Seventy-eight women responded with “don't know”.

d

Fifty-five women responded with “don't know”.

e

Thirty-five women responded with “don't know” or had missing values.

f

Four women responded with “don't know”.

g

Two women responded with “don't know”.