Table 4.

Baseline socio-demographics of study participants

			Women						Men
			Controls(N = 340)		Intervention(N = 340)				Controls(N = 339)		Intervention(N = 338)
		N	n/mean	%/SD	n	%	P value	N	n	%	n	%	P value
Age	mean/stdv	680	23.7	3.43	23.6	3.28	0.597	677	23.5	3.41	23.8	3.27	0.244
Relationship status:	none	126	68	20.0%	58	17.1%	0.572	145	65	19.2%	80	23.7%	0.006
	Living with partner	113	57	16.8%	56	16.5%		73	49	14.2%	24	7.4%
	Not living with partner	441	215	63.2%	226	66.5%		459	225	66.7%	234	68.9%
Education	Primary	55	31	9.1%	24	7.1%	0.068	77	36	10.6%	41	12.1%	0.742
	Secondary	419	195	57.4%	224	65.9%		393	201	59.3%	192	56.8%
	Matric	206	114	33.5%	92	27.1%		207	102	30.1%	105	31.1%
Currently studying	No	627	313	92.1%	314	92.4%	0.886	592	291	85.8%	301	89.1%	0.206
	Yes	53	27	7.9%	26	7.7%		85	48	14.2%	37	11.0%
Food security	None or little	127	43	12.7%	84	24.7%	0.0003	125	55	16.3%	70	20.7%	0.256
	Moderate	342	187	55.0%	155	45.6%		382	200	59.2%	182	53.9%
	Severe	211	110	32.3%	101	29.7%		169	83	24.5%	86	25.4%