Table 1.
Selected baseline characteristics of women at enrollment by study arms
| Intervention |
Control |
P-value* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
N |
%/mean |
N |
%/mean |
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|
Women’s age (years): | ||||||||
| 15-19 |
204 |
9.1% |
147 |
6.5% |
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| 20-24 |
644 |
28.7% |
673 |
29.8% |
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| 25-29 |
757 |
33.7% |
760 |
33.7% |
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| 30-34 |
395 |
17.6% |
490 |
21.7% |
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| 35+ |
247 |
11.0% |
187 |
8.3% |
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| Mean (95% CI) |
2247 |
26.5 (26.1-26.9) |
2257 |
26.6 (26.3-26.9) |
0.764 |
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|
Women’s education: | ||||||||
| No schooling |
729 |
32.4% |
811 |
35.9% |
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| Primary (1-5 years) |
692 |
30.8% |
749 |
33.2% |
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| Secondary and above (>5 years) |
826 |
36.8% |
697 |
30.9% |
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| Mean (95% CI) |
2247 |
4.5 (4.2-4.8) |
2257 |
4.1 (3.9-4.3) |
0.025 |
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|
Husbands’ education: | ||||||||
| No schooling |
961 |
42.8% |
873 |
38.7% |
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| Primary (1-5 years) |
621 |
27.6% |
766 |
33.9% |
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| Secondary and above (>5 years) |
665 |
29.6% |
618 |
27.4% |
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| Mean (95% CI) |
2247 |
4.1(4.2-4.8) |
2257 |
4.0 (3.7-4.3) |
0.768 |
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|
Parity: | ||||||||
| Primigravida |
573 |
25.5% |
567 |
25.1% |
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| 1-2 |
864 |
38.5% |
862 |
38.2% |
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| 3-4 |
516 |
23.0% |
502 |
22.2% |
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| 5+ |
294 |
13.1% |
326 |
14.4% |
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| Mean (95% CI) |
2247 |
2.2 (2.1-2.3) |
2257 |
2.2 (2.1-2.3) |
0.655 |
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|
Religion: | ||||||||
| Muslim |
2135 |
95.0 |
2080 |
92.2 |
0.243 |
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| Hindu/Other |
112 |
5.0 |
177 |
7.8 |
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|
Wealth quintile: | ||||||||
| Lowest |
407 |
18.1% |
495 |
21.9% |
<0.001 |
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| Second |
380 |
16.9% |
518 |
23.0% |
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| Middle |
440 |
19.6% |
461 |
20.4% |
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| Fourth |
510 |
22.7% |
391 |
17.3% |
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| Highest | 510 | 22.7% |
392 | 17.4% |
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CI – confidence interval
*P-values are adjusted for clustering effect at community level (design-effect >1) with Rao-Scott second order corrected χ2-tests for categorical variables and with Taylor linearization method for continuous variables.