Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics.
| Factor | Control (%) |
Intervention (%) |
Total (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother’s age | ||||
| 14–20 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 0.219 |
| 21–24 | 30.7 | 30.9 | 30.8 | |
| 25–29 | 23.6 | 25.2 | 24.3 | |
| 30–45 | 17.5 | 12.4 | 15.1 | |
| Missing | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Not in a union | 15.3 | 17.4 | 16.3 | 0.639 |
| In a union | 84.8 | 82.4 | 83.7 | |
| Missing | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Religion | ||||
| Christian | 90.6 | 91.0 | 90.8 | 0.569 |
| Muslim | 7.3 | 4.6 | 6.0 | |
| Missing | 2.1 | 4.4 | 3.2 | |
| Education | ||||
| Less than primary | 19.4 | 16.2 | 17.9 | 0.624 |
| Primary school | 56.2 | 54.0 | 55.1 | |
| Secondary school | 22.2 | 25.6 | 23.8 | |
| Missing | 2.3 | 4.2 | 3.2 | |
| Parity | ||||
| 1 | 36.6 | 41.6 | 39.0 | 0.247 |
| 2 | 30.7 | 31.5 | 31.1 | |
| 3 | 32.8 | 26.9 | 30.0 | |
| Mother’s occupation at baseline | ||||
| Not working | 71.8 | 67.0 | 69.5 | 0.300 |
| Working | 25.8 | 28.8 | 27.3 | |
| Missing | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.3 | |
| Mother’s occupation at follow-up | ||||
| Not working | 89.8 | 83.8 | 86.9 | 0.097 |
| Working | 7.8 | 14.9 | 11.2 | |
| Missing | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | |
| Ethnicity of the person | ||||
| Kikuyu | 20.3 | 24.6 | 22.3 | 0.876 |
| Luhya | 15.9 | 13.6 | 14.8 | |
| Luo | 11.4 | 15.5 | 13.4 | |
| Kamba | 16.3 | 15.3 | 15.8 | |
| Other | 14.2 | 13.6 | 13.9 | |
| Missing | 21.8 | 17.6 | 19.8 | |
| Place of delivery | ||||
| Home | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 0.295 |
| Health facility | 92.6 | 92.0 | 92.3 | |
| Missing | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 | |
| Wealth index | ||||
| Poorest | 25.0 | 24.4 | 24.7 | 0.820 |
| Middle | 19.2 | 22.1 | 20.6 | |
| Least poor | 20.3 | 25.8 | 22.9 | |
| Missing | 3.5 | 27.7 | 31.8 | |
| Child’s sex | ||||
| Male | 52.2 | 49.6 | 51.0 | 0.135 |
| Female | 46.3 | 49.1 | 47.6 | |
| Missing | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | |
| n | 577 | 524 | 1101 | |