Table 1.
Participant and household characteristics at enrolment, by intervention group
| Characteristic | Ghana | Malawi | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ-LNS | MMN | IFA | P-value* | SQ-LNS | MMN | IFA | P-value* | |
| Number of participants | 440 | 439 | 441 | 288 | 291 | 290 | ||
| Age y, mean (SD) | 26.9 (5.6) | 26.9 (5.4) | 26.4 (5.6) | 0.24 | 25.1 (6.3) | 24.5 (5.8) | 25.0 (6.0) | 0.50 |
| Schooling y, mean (SD) | 7.6 (3.9) | 7.6 (3.6) | 7.8 (3.5) | 0.60 | 4.0 (3.7) | 4.0 (3.4) | 3.8 (3.5) | 0.79 |
| Proportion of married | 92.1 % | 93.6 % | 92.5 % | 0.65 | 85.6 % | 85.6 % | 84.8 % | 0.95 |
| Proportion of primiparous women | 33.4 % | 32.6 % | 35.4 % | 0.67 | 24.0 % | 23.4 % | 23.2 % | 0.97 |
| Household asset index, mean (SD)a | −0.09 (1.00) | 0.06 (0.97) | 0.04 (1.02) | 0.05 | 0.15 (1.94) | 0.00 (1.78) | −0.03 (1.85) | 0.47 |
| Head of household is respondent’s husband | 67.0 % | 64.7 % | 65.0 % | 0.72 | 45.5 % | 43.6 % | 44.1 % | 0.91 |
*Chi-squared test or ANOVA/Kruskal-Wallis
aStandardized within each site to a mean of 0 and SD of 1. Comparison across sites is not meaningful