Table 1.
Household and individual characteristics
| |
Before weighting |
After weighting |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
In BF HH |
In non-BF HH |
p value |
In BF HH |
In non-BF HH |
p value |
| (n = 776) | (n = 343) | |||||
|
Household’s characteristics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ownership of home |
85.18 |
87.17 |
0.572 |
86.28 |
86.28 |
1.0 |
| Title to home |
8.76 |
18.08 |
0.009*** |
14.51 |
14.51 |
1.0 |
| Functioning water meter |
6.31 |
10.79 |
0.095* |
8.44 |
8.44 |
1.0 |
| Functioning light meter |
52.96 |
61.22 |
0.115 |
59.27 |
59.27 |
1.0 |
| Closed sewer |
54.51 |
69.10 |
0.004** |
64.57 |
64.57 |
1.0 |
| Monthly per capita household income |
86.52 (64.80) |
102.64 (70.82) |
0.017** |
102.30 (4.84) |
102.30 (6.13) |
1.0 |
| Receipt of another government benefit |
23.97 |
36.44 |
0.011** |
29.74 |
29.74 |
1.0 |
| # household members |
5.54 (2.21) |
4.62 (1.61) |
0.000*** |
4.81 (0.14) |
4.81 (0.19) |
1.0 |
| At least one child between the age of 7 to 17 years |
82.09 |
59.48 |
0.000*** |
68.65 |
68.65 |
1.0 |
| At least one member self-employed |
53.74 |
45.19 |
0.101 |
50.31 |
50.31 |
1.0 |
| At least one member informally employed |
23.32 |
13.12 |
0.008*** |
15.60 |
15.60 |
1.0 |
| At least one member formally employed |
34.28 |
48.10 |
0.007*** |
45.97 |
45.97 |
1.0 |
|
Mother’s characteristics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mother’s possession of CPF |
97.16 |
93.59 |
0.114 |
96.60 |
96.60 |
1.0 |
| Mother’s race – black |
60.31 |
51.31 |
0.084* |
55.18 |
55.18 |
1.0 |
| Mother’s race – mixed |
34.41 |
40.23 |
0.254 |
36.09 |
36.09 |
1.0 |
| Mother’s age |
35.54 (8.21) |
33.39 (10.89) |
0.023** |
33.63 (0.61) |
33.63 (0.79) |
1.0 |
| Mother’s age, squared |
1330.58 (640.81) |
1232.93 (898.47) |
0.199 |
1211.96 (47.60) |
1211.96 (58.44) |
1.0 |
| Mother currently in school |
9.54 |
8.16 |
0.601 |
8.74 |
8.74 |
1.0 |
| Mother is literate |
70.23 |
76.38 |
0.195 |
78.33 |
78.33 |
1.0 |
| Mother’s education level education – fundamental school |
71.78 |
57.14 |
0.003*** |
64.02 |
64.02 |
1.0 |
| Mother’s education level – above fundamental school |
22.81 |
38.78 |
0.001*** |
33.16 |
33.16 |
1.0 |
| Mother has a religion |
84.54 |
77.26 |
0.088* |
81.20 |
81.20 |
1.0 |
| Mother knows a family receiving BF |
97.94 |
88.92 |
0.000*** |
95.36 |
95.36 |
1.0 |
| Mother is a member in a group |
16.24 |
11.66 |
0.180 |
12.91 |
12.91 |
1.0 |
| Mother always votes |
86.21 |
80.47 |
0.120 |
84.40 |
84.40 |
1.0 |
|
Child’s characteristics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Child’s possession of ID |
40.21 |
38.78 |
0.684 |
37.19 |
37.19 |
1.0 |
| Child’s possession of CPF |
7.09 |
11.08 |
0.070* |
8.46 |
8.46 |
1.0 |
| Child’s race – black |
44.85 |
38.19 |
0.137 |
41.88 |
41.88 |
1.0 |
| Child’s race – mixed |
47.42 |
49.85 |
0.591 |
48.17 |
48.17 |
1.0 |
| Child’s age |
8.35 (4.46) |
6.96 (4.24) |
0.000*** |
7.25 (0.20) |
7.25 (0.27) |
1.0 |
| Child’s age, squared |
89.55 (85.07) |
66.32 (76.60) |
0.000*** |
70.98 (3.69) |
70.98 (5.15) |
1.0 |
| Child’s gender – female | 53 · 74 | 48.98 | 0.163 | 50.11 | 50.11 | 1.0 |
Data are % or mean (SD). Age was calculated as of the date of the interview. Table includes all children born before 2009. p values are for cluster-adjusted t test (continuous variables) or χ2 test (dichotomous variables) tests of independence. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.