Table 1.
Background characteristics of women in Rufiji and Mkuranga districts at Pre-intervention and Post-intervention
| Pre intervention | Post intervention | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 798 | n = 786 | n =744 | n =742 | |||
| Intervention n (%) | Comparison n (%) | p value | Intervention n (%) | Comparison n (%) | p value | |
| Age of participants | 0.463 | 0.725 | ||||
| < 21 | 177(22.2) | 169(21.5) | 139(18.7) | 178(24.0) | ||
| 21–25 | 228(28.6) | 213(27.1) | 193(25.9) | 166(22.4) | ||
| 26–30 | 181(22.7) | 192(24.4) | 171(23.0) | 166(22.4) | ||
| 31–35 | 128(16.0) | 120(15.3) | 119(16.0) | 109(14.7) | ||
| > 35 | 84(10.5) | 92(11.7) | 122(16.4) | 123(16.6) | ||
| Marital status | 0.652 | 0.858 | ||||
| Single | 173(21.7) | 119(15.1) | 152(20.4) | 139(18.7) | ||
| Married/Cohabiting | 625(78.3) | 667(84.9) | 592(79.6) | 603(81.2) | ||
| Education level | 0.351 | 0.731 | ||||
| No school | 217(27.2) | 262(33.3) | 227(30.5) | 258(34.8) | ||
| Primary incomplete | 94(11.8) | 68(8.7) | 62(8.1) | 54(7.3) | ||
| Primary completed | 445(55.9) | 420(53.4) | 390(52.4) | 376(50.7) | ||
| Secondary and higher | 40(5.1) | 36(4.6) | 6 5(8.7) | 54(7.3) | ||
| Missing | 2 | |||||
| Asset quintile | 0.613 | 0.348 | ||||
| A1 poorest | 22.7 | 18.1 | 23.7 | 19.6 | ||
| A2 | 21,2 | 23.2 | 19.1 | 22.8 | ||
| A3 | 21,2 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 18.3 | ||
| A4 | 18.1 | 21.0 | 17.0 | 20.8 | ||
| A5 least poor | 16.8 | 19.2 | 20.4 | 18.5 | ||
| Obstetric complication | 144(18.0) | 130(16.5) | 0.872 | 132(17.7) | 103(13.9) | 0.761 |
| Parity | 0.647 | 0.849 | ||||
| 1 | 218(27.3) | 162(20.6) | 199(26.7) | 184(24.8) | ||
| 2–4 | 409(51.3) | 432(55.0) | 354(47.6) | 364(49.1) | ||
| > 4 | 171(21.4) | 196(24.4) | 191(25.7) | 194(26.1) | ||