Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of the participants (n = 255)
| Meana | Range | Standard deviation |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics of the mother | |||
| Age of the mother | 36 | 21-59 | 6.8 |
| Mother has a partner | 76 % | 0-1 | 0.4 |
| Years of schooling | 8.4 | 0-16 | 3.5 |
| Raised in a urban area (vs rural) | 60 % | 0-1 | 0.5 |
| Cervical cancer awareness at baseline | 60 % | 0-1 | 0.5 |
| Islamic (vs. other religion) | 4.3 | 0-1 | 0.2 |
| Characteristics of the household | |||
| Quality of the house | 4.6 | 2-7 | 0.9 |
| Number of children | 3.5 | 1-7 | 1.3 |
| Characteristics of the daughter | |||
| Age of the daughter | 12 | 8-18 | 2.0 |
| Class of the daughter | 6 | 4-8 | 1.4 |
aMeans of dichotomous variables are replaced by proportions of ones observed