TABLE 2—

Socioeconomic and Demographic Variables Used in Regression Analysis of Evaluation of Sure Start Project: Uttar Pradesh, India, 2007–2010

	Baseline				Follow-Up				Baseline vs Follow-Up, P
Variable	L1 (n = 6136), %	L2 (n = 6232), %	P (L1 vs L2)	Sure Start (n = 12 368), %	L1 (n = 5988), %	L2 (n = 5897), %	P (L1 vs L2)	Sure Start (n = 11 885), %	Sure Start	L1	L2
Parity
First birth (live)	22.39	23.57	.119	22.99	23.35	24.54	.128	23.94	.081	.21	.21
Parity 2	21.46	20.73	.319	21.09	21.16	22.88	.024	22.01	.083	.68	≤ .001
Parity 3	18.11	17.89	.756	18.00	18.47	16.86	.021	17.67	.504	.6	.13
Parity > 3	37.89	37.50	.654	37.69	36.97	35.68	.142	36.33	.028	.29	.04
Age, mean
Average age	26.76	26.61	.15	26.69	26.74	26.49	.016	26.61	.31	.83	.21
Age at first birth	20.40	20.37	.67	20.38	20.11	20.08	.6	20.09	≤ .001	≤ .001	≤ .001
Literacy
Mother literate	33.54	34.45	.285	34.00	36.59	38.09	.092	37.33	≤ .001	≤ .001	≤ .001
Husband literate	69.95	70.99	.205	70.47	71.23	74.24	≤ .001	72.72	≤ .001	.12	≤ .001
Religion and caste			≤ .001				.003		.036	.28	.06
Muslim and others	16.33	19.53		17.94	15.60	17.87		16.73
Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes	33.60	31.93		32.76	32.97	32.76		32.86
General castes and other backward castes	50.07	48.54		49.30	51.44	49.36		50.41
Housing			≤ .001				.567		≤ .001	≤ .001	≤ .001
Nonmud dwelling	62.76	65.98		64.38	76.95	77.40		77.17
Mud dwelling	37.24	34.02		35.62	23.05	22.60		22.83
Toilet facility			.201				.124		≤ .001	≤ .001	≤ .001
Flush, pit, or bucket disposal	11.73	12.48		12.11	14.18	15.18		14.67
Open space	88.27	87.52		87.89	85.82	84.82		85.33
Television	20.47	22.54	.005	21.52	20.49	22.23	.021	21.35	.761	.97	.67
Electricity	26.40	30.10	≤ .001	28.27	38.46	40.53	.021	39.49	≤ .001	≤ .001	≤ .001
Agricultural laborer	39.73	38.17	.075	38.95	51.80	49.25	.005	50.53	≤ .001	≤ .001	≤ .001
Fuel use			.509				.165		≤ .001	≤ .001	≤ .001
Electricity or biogas	8.88	9.48		9.18	8.78	9.77		9.27
Kerosene or coal	3.49	3.50		3.49	0.78	0.85		0.82
Straw, cow dung, others	87.63	87.02		87.32	90.43	89.38		89.91
Decision about major purchase or health of respondenta			.106				.587		≤ .001	≤ .001	≤ .001
Respondent	7.55	8.81		8.18	5.90	6.53		6.21
Her husband	38.72	38.00		38.36	26.62	27.10		26.86
Respondent and husband jointly	22.98	22.18		22.57	32.73	31.97		32.35
Someone else	29.97	30.15		30.06	34.03	33.71		33.87
Usually goes to the marketa			.445				.529		≤ .001	≤ .001	≤ .001
Alone	13.98	14.27		14.13	10.30	10.72		10.51
With someone else	58.16	56.96		57.56	57.00	57.81		57.40
Not at all	27.46	28.26		27.86	32.45	31.24		31.85

Note. L1 = level 1; L2 = level 2. L1 and L2 refer to low- and high-intensity intervention, respectively. At follow-up, attendance at mother's group meeting was as follows: in L1, n = 257 (4.29%); in L2, n = 2478 (42.0%; P ≤ .001); in Sure Start, n = 2735 (23.0%).

^aNot used in the regressions, but mentioned in the “Conclusions” section.