Table 2. Cohort phase II baseline participant characteristics.
| Bu | Kimpoko | Voix de peuple | Total | |
| Number of participants enrolled | 586 | 588 | 461 | 1635 |
| Female | 326 (55.6%) | 303 (51.5%) | 265 (57.5%) | 894 (54.7%) |
| Pregnant women* | 8/154 (5.2%) | 7/149 (4.7%) | 4/160 (2.5%) | 19/463 (4.1%) |
| Age group | ||||
| <5 | 121 (20.7%) | 80 (13.6%) | 38 (8.2%) | 239 (14.6%) |
| 5–14 | 225 (38.4%) | 210 (35.7%) | 110 (23.9%) | 545 (33.3%) |
| 15+ | 240 (41.0%) | 298 (50.7%) | 313 (67.9%) | 851 (52.1%) |
| Marital status† | ||||
| Never married | 42 (17.5%) | 102 (34.2%) | 172 (55.0%) | 316 (37.1%) |
| Married or living together | 159 (66.3%) | 150 (50.3%) | 78 (24.9%) | 387 (45.5%) |
| Divorced/separated | 26 (10.8%) | 14 (4.7%) | 16 (5.1%) | 56 (6.6%) |
| Widow/widower | 11 (4.6%) | 14 (4.7%) | 31 (9.9%) | 56 (6.6%) |
| Missing | 2 (0.8%) | 18 (6.0%) | 16 (5.1%) | 36 (4.2%) |
| Education‡ | ||||
| None | 55 (12.0%) | 37 (7.3%) | 10 (2.4%) | 102 (7.3%) |
| Any primary school | 237 (51.0%) | 182 (35.8%) | 79 (18.7%) | 498 (35.7%) |
| Any secondary school | 147 (31.6%) | 235 (46.3%) | 215 (50.8%) | 597 (42.8%) |
| University or higher | 3 (0.7%) | 9 (1.8%) | 86 (20.3%) | 98 (7.0%) |
| Other | 2 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.2%) | 3 (0.2%) |
| Missing | 21 (4.5%) | 45 (8.9%) | 32 (7.6%) | 98 (7.0%) |
| Income-generating activities† | ||||
| No occupation | 62 (25.8%) | 64 (21.5%) | 107 (34.2%) | 233 (27.4%) |
| Government official | 10 (4.2%) | 27 (9.1%) | 17 (5.4%) | 54 (6.4%) |
| Soldier or policeman | 3 (1.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (0.4%) |
| Private company employee | 1 (0.4%) | 4 (1.3%) | 16 (5.1%) | 21 (2.5%) |
| Farmer or fisherman | 35 (14.6%) | 34 (11.4%) | 0 (0%) | 69 (8.1%) |
| Driver | 3 (1.3%) | 3 (1.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 7 (0.8%) |
| Vendor | 15 (6.3%) | 42 (14.1%) | 43 (13.7%) | 100 (11.8%) |
| Small personal business | 4 (1.7%) | 5 (1.7%) | 6 (1.9%) | 15 (1.8%) |
| Student | 9 (3.8%) | 17 (5.7%) | 67 (21.4%) | 93 (10.9%) |
| Other | 85 (35.4%) | 59 (19.8%) | 35 (11.2%) | 179 (21.0%) |
| Missing | 13 (5.4%) | 43 (14.4%) | 21 (6.7%) | 77 (9.1%) |
| Religion | ||||
| Evangelical | 206 (35.2%) | 217 (36.9%) | 256 (55.5%) | 679 (41.5%) |
| Protestant | 116 (19.8%) | 124 (21.1%) | 21 (4.6%) | 261 (16.0%) |
| Catholic | 108 (18.4%) | 50 (8.5%) | 94 (20.4%) | 252 (15.4%) |
| Kimbaguist | 11 (1.9%) | 35 (6.0%) | 21 (4.6%) | 67 (4.1%) |
| Muslim | 8 (1.4%) | 10 (1.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 18 (1.1%) |
| Traditional religion | 1 (0.2%) | 4 (0.7%) | 1 (0.2%) | 6 (0.4%) |
| Other | 122 (20.8%) | 111 (18.9%) | 40 (8.7%) | 273 (16.7%) |
| Not religious | 5 (0.9%) | 3 (0.5%) | 4 (0.9%) | 12 (0.7%) |
| Missing | 9 (1.5%) | 34 (5.8%) | 24 (5.2%) | 67 (4.1%) |
*
n=463 women of childbearing age 15+.
†
Only collected for participants 15 years and older (n=851).
‡
Only collected for participants 5 years and older (n=1396).