TABLE 2. Baseline Characteristics of Study Sample Mothers.

	Father Intervention Area (Kitagwa) n = 92	Grandmother Intervention Area (Viguru) n = 77	Comparison Area (Mambai) n = 89	P Value
Age of mother, mean, years	27.2	27.5	26.5	.63
Sex of child is male, %	48.9	53.2	53.9	.77
Age of child, %
6 months	37.0	31.2	29.5	.27
7 months	15.2	18.2	22.7
8 months	26.1	16.9	15.9
9 months	21.7	33.8	31.8
Parity, %
1	25.0	15.6	33.0	.14
2–3	39.1	40.3	34.8
4+	35.9	44.2	32.9
Marital status, %
Married (ever)	100.0	88.2	78.7	.001
Single/never married	0.0	11.8	21.4
Mother’s education, %
Primary completed	38.5	48.1	55.1	.001
Secondary completed	11.0	7.8	21.4
Mother’s occupation, %
Subsistence farmer	34.8	46.1	30.6	.32
Homemaker (no outside work)	33.7	30.3	38.8
Outside work	31.5	23.7	30.6
Spouse’s age, mean, years	32.9	33.2	33.4	.57
Spouse’s education, %
Primary completed	31.3	47.1	48.6	.03
Secondary completed	21.7	16.2	27.1
Spouse’s occupation, %
Subsistence farmer	18.7	30.9	16.9	.09
Employed	81.3	69.1	83.1
Socioeconomic status, %
Lowest quartile	31.5	36.4	32.6	.83
Middle quartile	31.5	31.2	37.1
Highest quartile	37.0	32.5	30.3