Table 1.

Client characteristics at baseline

Variable	Study Arm		Test of proportions or t-test
Demographic Characteristics	Control (n = 935)	Treatment (n = 920)
Gender (%)
Male	14.9	13.2	0.30
Female	85.1	86.8
Age (%)
< 30 years	17.1	18.4	0.47
30-39 years	34.8	34.4	0.87
40-49 years	30.1	29.3	0.71
50-59 years	15.3	15.3	0.97
≥60 years	0.03	0.03	0.93
No. of children < 5 yrs old surveyed (mean ± SD)	0.35 ± 0.59	0.31 ± 0.53	0.12
Socioeconomic Characteristics
Education (%)
Primary or less	26.9	26.1	0.69
Incomplete secondary	24.7	28.4	0.08
Complete secondary	26.4	25.8	0.77
Post-secondary	21.9	19.7	0.24
Household assets, PC a (mean ± SD)	-0.12 ± 1.6	0.07 ± 1.8	0.02

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