Table 2. Women’s sociodemographic characteristics, intervention to involve male partners in maternity care, Burkina Faso, 2015–2016.
| Characteristic | No. of women (%)a |
|
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group (n = 583) | Control group (n = 561) | |
| Recruitment health centre | ||
| Bolomakote | 89 (15.3) | 86 (15.3) |
| Guimbi | 101 (17.3) | 109 (19.4) |
| Ouezzinville | 163 (28.0) | 165 (29.4) |
| Sarfalaob | 119 (20.4) | 92 (16.4) |
| Secteur 24 | 111 (19.0) | 109 (19.4) |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 26.3 (6.0) | 26.3 (5.9) |
| Age, years | ||
| 15–19 | 73 (12.5) | 75(13.4) |
| 20–24 | 179 (30.7) | 164 (29.2) |
| 25–29 | 163 (28.0) | 158 (28.2) |
| 30–34 | 109 (18.7) | 99 (17.7) |
| 35–39 | 46 (7.9) | 56 (10.0) |
| 40–45 | 13 (2.2) | 9 (1.6) |
| Ethnic group | ||
| Bobo or Bwa | 108(18.5) | 110 (19.6) |
| Dagara, Lobi, Birifor, Djan and similar | 61 (10.5) | 45 (8.0) |
| Dioula, Dafing, Samo and similar | 93 (16.0) | 85 (15.2) |
| Gourounsi, Ko or Nounouma | 24 (4.1) | 24 (4.3) |
| Mossi, Gourmanche, Bissa and similar | 260 (44.6) | 263 (46.9) |
| Peulh | 16 (2.7) | 19 (3.4) |
| Other | 21 (3.6) | 15 (2.7) |
| Religionc | ||
| Muslim | 420 (72.2) | 407 (72.6) |
| Christian | 158 (27.2) | 144 (25.7) |
| Traditional or animist | 1 (0.2) | 5 (0.9) |
| No religion | 3 (0.5) | 5 (0.9) |
| Educational levelc | ||
| No education | 311 (53.3) | 278 (49.6) |
| Primary school | 145 (24.9) | 168 (30.0) |
| Above primary school | 126 (21.6) | 115 (20.5) |
| Type of occupationc,d | ||
| No work outside the home | 232 (39.8) | 213 (38.0) |
| Street vendor | 246 (42.3) | 254 (44.0) |
| Craftswoman | 52 (8.9) | 35 (6.2) |
| Shopkeeper | 39 (6.7) | 41 (7.3) |
| Other | 22 (4.0) | 26 (4.6) |
SD: standard deviation.
a All values in the table represent absolute numbers and percentages unless otherwise stated.
b The difference between the number of participants assigned to the intervention and control groups in the Sarfalao health centre was due to an isolated incident in which a data collector initially used a batch of randomization envelopes that had not been mixed and that assigned all participants to the intervention. Once this was noticed, the batch was immediately replaced. This error did not bias the allocation.
c Data were missing for one woman in the intervention group.
d Percentages for occupations add up to more than 100% as more than one occupation was allowed.