Table 4.
Baseline characteristics (measured <18 wks of pregnancy) of the study sample, and for participants who visited the intervention versus those who did not (part 2)
| Sociodemographic variables (scale) | Total sample intervention group (N=586), mean (SD) | DA visited at least once (n=463), mean (SD) | DA not visited (n=123), mean (SD) | t testa (df) | Cohen d (95% CI) | P value |
| Age (years) | 32.21 (4.04) | 32.22 (4.03) | 32.18 (4.10) | –0.10 (189.51) | –0.01 (–0.21 to 0.19) | .92 |
| Religion (1-7) | 2.06 (1.29) | 2.04 (1.29) | 2.13 (1.31) | 0.70 (189.22) | 0.07 (–0.13 to 0.27) | .48 |
| Intention to accept MPVb (1-5) | 4.61 (0.73) | 4.62 (0.70) | 4.56 (0.83) | –0.81 (170.86) | –0.09 (–0.29 to 0.11) | .42 |
| Attitude MPV (1-5) | 4.61 (0.65) | 4.63 (0.61) | 4.54 (0.78) | –1.12 (163.84) | –0.13 (–0.33 to 0.07) | .26 |
| Beliefs safety (1-5) | 4.41 (0.81) | 4.19 (1.01) | 4.21 (1.01) | –2.63 (159.54) | –0.32 (–0.52 to –0.12) | <.01 |
| Beliefs effectiveness (1-5) | 4.58 (0.59) | 4.61 (0.53) | 4.46 (0.78) | –2.03 (152.91) | –0.26 (–0.46 to –0.06) | .04 |
| Perceived severity (1-5) | 4.38 (0.66) | 4.40 (0.64) | 4.34 (0.72) | –0.75 (175.55) | –0.08 (–0.28 to 0.12) | .45 |
| Perceived susceptibility (1-5) | 2.63 (0.80) | 2.59 (0.77) | 2.80 (0.86) | 2.53 (178.42) | 0.27 (0.07 to 0.47) | .01 |
| Moral norm (1-5) | 4.31 (0.82) | 4.31 (0.81) | 4.30 (0.88) | –0.12 (180.04) | –0.01 (–0.21 to 0.19) | .91 |
| Knowledge (1-5) | 4.68 (1.53) | 4.70 (1.52) | 4.62 (1.57) | –0.53 (187.15) | –0.06 (–0.25 to 0.14) | .60 |
| Perceived control (1-5) | 4.67 (0.48) | 4.68 (0.46) | 4.60 (0.55) | –1.49 (168.62) | –0.17 (–0.37 to 0.03) | .14 |
| Injunctive norm (1-5) | 4.09 (0.98) | 4.14 (0.93) | 3.91 (1.13) | –2.00 (167.86) | –0.23 (–0.43 to –0.03) | .05 |
| Affect (1-5) | 4.39 (0.78) | 4.40 (0.77) | 4.36 (0.82) | –0.46 (184.28) | –0.05 (–0.25 to 0.15) | .65 |
| Decisional certainty (1-5) | 4.39 (0.95) | 4.39 (0.95) | 4.40 (0.96) | 0.13 (189.78) | 0.01 (–0.19 to 0.21) | .90 |
aIndependent sample t test.
bMPV: maternal pertussis vaccination.