Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the mothers by site, South Africa, 2008*
| Paarl (n 258) | Rietvlei (n 203) | Umlazi (n 285) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Mean, median or n | sd, IQR or % | Mean, median or n | sd, IQR or % | Mean, median or n | sd, IQR or % |
| Mother’s age (years) | ||||||
| Mean and sd | 24·9 | 6·3 | 23·9 | 6·1 | 24 | 5·6 |
| Mother’s education level (years) | ||||||
| Median and IQR | 10 | 9–12 | 9 | 8–11 | 11 | 10–12 |
| Marital status†, n and % | ||||||
| Single | 144 | 67·9 | 46 | 29·8 | 155 | 85·1 |
| Married | 14 | 6·6 | 105 | 68·1 | 14 | 7·6 |
| Cohabiting | 54 | 25·4 | 2 | 1·3 | 13 | 7·1 |
| SES quintile†, n and % | ||||||
| 1 (poorest) | 6 | 3·5 | 105 | 69·5 | 0 | 0·0 |
| 2 | 28 | 16·1 | 38 | 25·1 | 15 | 8·7 |
| 3 | 32 | 18·4 | 7 | 4·6 | 31 | 18·0 |
| 4 | 48 | 27·6 | 1 | 0·6 | 72 | 41·9 |
| 5 (least poor) | 60 | 34·5 | 0 | 0·0 | 54 | 31·4 |
| Mother’s HIV-positive status | ||||||
| n and % | 21 | 5·9 | 25 | 8·1 | 138 | 28·2 |
| Monthly family income (R) | ||||||
| Median and IQR | 1010 | 600–1700 | 780 | 500–1000 | 1000 | 700–1500 |
| Household size (number of members) | ||||||
| Mean and sd | 5·7 | 2·5 | 6·3 | 2·7 | 7·3 | 3·8 |
IQR, interquartile range; SES, socio-economic status.
Data are presented as mean and standard deviation, median and IQR, or number and percentage,
*
Data in this table are extracted from PROMISE-EBF trial data set for the 746 children traced for the cross-sectional study.
†
Denominators differ from site sample size because of missing data.