Table 1.
Characteristics of the respondents and the cases during the baseline survey in the four arms of the study, Jan-Mar 2015
| Variables | Arms | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central bundling (n = 176) | HC level bundling (n = 176) | Status quo (n = 176) | Bundling without message (n = 176) | ||
| Type of the respondent (%) | |||||
| Mothers | 92.0 | 89.8 | 92.0 | 92.0 | 0.832 |
| Other primary caregiver | 8.0 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |
| Mean age (± SD) of the respondents (years) | 28.2 (±7.6) | 26.9 (±6.3) | 28.4 (±6.7) | 26.8 (±6.9) | 0.063 |
| Mean parity (± SD) | 3.4 (±2.1) | 3.0 (±2.0) | 3.4 (±2.1) | 3.3 (±2.1) | 0.266 |
| Educational status (%) | |||||
| No formal education | 51.1 | 46.6 | 51.7 | 53.4 | 0.231 |
| Primary education | 27.8 | 27.3 | 21.6 | 29.5 | |
| Secondary education or above | 21.0 | 26.1 | 26.7 | 17.0 | |
| Occupation (%) | |||||
| Housewife/farmer | 90.0 | 93.2 | 86.4 | 90.3 | 0.187 |
| Others | 9.1 | 6.8 | 13.6 | 9.7 | |
| Marital status (%) | |||||
| Married/living together | 92.6 | 92.6 | 96.0 | 95.5 | 0.364 |
| Others | 7.4 | 7.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | |
| Household wealth index (%) | |||||
| Poor | 31.8 | 36.4 | 30.1 | 34.7 | 0.097 |
| Middle | 28.9 | 34.7 | 40.9 | 29.0 | |
| Rich | 39.3 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 36.4 | |
| Age of the child (months) (%) | |||||
| 6–11 | 39.3 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 34.1 | 0.151 |
| 12–23 | 39.3 | 42.6 | 39.8 | 46.6 | |
| 24–59 | 21.4 | 26.7 | 30.1 | 19.3 | |
| Sex of the child (%) | |||||
| Boys | 59.0 | 55.1 | 53.4 | 52.3 | 0.614 |
| Girls | 41.0 | 44.9 | 46.6 | 47.7 | |