Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of primary caregivers and households of children with SAM

Variables	All (n = 29)	Intervention (n = 15)	Comparison (n = 14)
Age (years)	27.4 ± 10.2	27.3 ± 7.9	23.4 ± 12.6
Relationship to child (%)
Mother	27/29 (93.1)	14/15 (93.3)	13/14 (92.9)
Grandmother	2/29 (6.9)	1/15 (6.7)	1/14 (7.1)
Has ever attended school (%)	19/29 (65.5)	11/15 (73.3)	8/14 (57.1)
Household income last month (USD equivalent)	28.66 ± 40.41	34.30 ± 51.46	22.05 ± 22.30
Household area (%)
Urban	16/29 (55.2)	8/15 (53.3)	8/14 (57.1)
Rural	13/29 (44.8)	7/15 (46.7)	6/14 (42.9)

Values are presented as proportions (%) for categorical data or means ± SDs for continuous data

SAM severe acute malnutrition, USD United States dollar