Table 1. Demographic data of study participants.
Indicator | Intervention districts | Control districts | p – value |
(n = 168)a , b | (n = 295)a , b | ||
Mean maternal age at delivery | 25.8 (4.8) | 26.5 (5.4) | <0.001 |
Median parity | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Maternal education | <0.001 | ||
None | 1% (2) | 2% (5) | |
Primary | 11% (19) | 10% (28) | |
Secondary | 85% (142) | 64% (186) | |
Post-Secondary | 3% (5) | 24% (68) | |
Household socio-economic indicators | 0.443 | ||
Owns neither TV nor motorbike | 6% (10) | 10% (29) | |
Owns TV only | 13% (22) | 15% (46) | |
Owns motorbike only | 3% (5) | 4% (11) | |
Owns both | 78% (129) | 71% (209) | |
Husband's job | 0.290 | ||
Agriculture | 80% (131) | 71% (206) | |
Trade | 8% (14) | 8% (24) | |
Office/teaching | 12% (20) | 21% (60) |
Data are mean (SD), median or % (n).
Not all women answered all demographic questions.