Skip to main content
. 2018 Jul 2;3(7):e333–e340. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30109-9

Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants (complete-case analysis)

Intervention group 1 (n=94)
Control group 1 (n=187)
Control group 2 (n=571)
Intervention group 2 (n=83)
Control group 1 (n=252)
Control group 2 (n=284)
Baseline Follow-up Baseline Follow-up Baseline Follow-up Baseline Follow-up Baseline Follow-up Baseline Follow-up
Maternal age (years) 33·6 (6·6) 34·7 (6·7) 27·6 (6·9) 28·7 (6·8) 40·1 (6·7) 41·2 (6·7) 35·2 (7·0) 36·2 (7·0) 29·1 (7·1) 30·1 (7·1) 41·8 (5·9) 42·8 (5·9)
Number of children
One 40 (43%) 38 (40%) 67 (36%) 65 (35%) 331 (58%) 367 (64%) 32 (39%) 30 (36%) 90 (36%) 84 (33%) 174 (61%) 203 (71%)
Two 36 (38%) 35 (37%) 72 (39%) 72 (39%) 192 (34%) 165 (29%) 35 (42%) 37 (45%) 96 (38%) 105 (42%) 99 (35%) 71 (25%)
Three or more 18 (19%) 21 (22%) 48 (26%) 50 (27%) 48 (8%) 39 (7%) 16 (19%) 16 (19%) 66 (26%) 63 (25%) 11 (4%) 10 (4%)
Highest education
None or lower secondary 66 (70%) 66 (70%) 134 (72%) 134 (72%) 315 (55%) 315 (55%) 61 (73%) 61 (73%) 201 (80%) 201 (80%) 136 (48%) 136 (48%)
Upper secondary 9 (10%) 9 (10%) 17 (9%) 17 (9%) 47 (8%) 47 (8%) 10 (12%) 10 (12%) 13 (5%) 13 (5%) 35 (12%) 35 (12%)
Tertiary 19 (20%) 19 (20%) 36 (19%) 36 (19%) 209 (37%) 209 (37%) 12 (14%) 12 (14%) 38 (15%) 38 (15%) 113 (40%) 113 (40%)
Time from policy change to data collection (days)
Mean (SD) 208·8 (96·1) 207·4 (101·7) 204·7 (102·7) 221·0 (104·5) 200·0 (103·6) 218·3 (103·4) 185·1 (93·0) 180·5 (92·0) 194·6 (99·4) 171·7 (97·2) 192·1 (95·7) 173·9 (94·0)
Median (IQR) 219 (127–280) 178 (117–298) 219 (127–311) 208 (147–298) 188 (96–280) 208 (117–298) 193 (102–252) 172 (113–263) 193 (102–283) 172 (82–263) 193 (102–252) 172 (113–263)
SF-12 Physical Health Summary score 50·0 (10·8) 49·8 (10·0) 51·8 (8·7) 51·6 (9·4) 51·4 (10·4) 45·5 (11·6) 51·8 (9·2) 50·9 (10·9) 52·3 (9·3) 50·9 (9·4) 50·2 (11·2) 50·0 (11·2)
SF-12 Mental Component Summary score 43·5 (12·0) 41·1 (12·4) 46·0 (10·2) 44·7 (11·6) 45·5 (11·6) 45·2 (11·5) 45·6 (11·2) 41·9 (14·9) 45·0 (12·2) 46·4 (11·0) 46·5 (10·9) 46·2 (11·4)
Self-rated health 2·8 (1·1) 3·0 (1·1) 2·6 (0·98) 2·8 (1·1) 2·6 (1·1) 2·7 (1·1) 2·9 (1·2) 2·8 (1·2) 2·7 (1·0) 2·7 (1·0) 2·8 (1·1) 2·8 (1·1)

Data are mean (SD) or n (%) unless otherwise stated. SF-12=12-item Short-Form Health Survey.