Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics of women at inclusion.

	Group
	intervention		Comparison		p
	N = 319	%	N = 272	%
Age of the woman (in years)					.343
13–17	10	3.1	5	1.8
18–24	137	42.9	121	44.5
25–34	133	41.7	102	37.5
35 and over	39	12.2	44	16.2
Marital status					.166
Married	245	76.8	225	82.7
Common-law	70	21.9	43	15.8
Single	4	1.3	4	1.5
Highest level of education achieved					.068
None	223	69.9	169	62.1
Primary	50	15.7	45	16.5
Secondary/higher	46	14.4	58	21.3
Current occupation					.303
Pupil/student	14	4.4	14	5.1
Housewife/farmer	271	85.0	220	80.9
Tradeswomen	34	10.7	38	13.9
Total number of pregnancies including the pregnancy used for inclusion					.754
1	78	24.5	60	22.1
2–3	186	58.3	161	59.2
4 and over	55	17.2	51	18.8
Number of living (biological) children					.169
None	89	27.9	72	26.5
1–4	205	64.3	166	61.0
5–9	25	7.8	34	12.5