TABLE 2.
Selected characteristics of the study sample for children aged 0–23.9 mo, by program group and survey round1
| Baseline 2010 | Endline 2014 | Follow-up 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intensive | Nonintensive | Intensive | Nonintensive | Intensive | Nonintensive | |
| Characteristics | (n = 1095) | (n = 1093) | (n = 1001) | (n = 1000) | (n = 1200) | (n = 1200) |
| Household factors | ||||||
| Children aged <5 y, n | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 1.4 ± 0.6 |
| Female household head, % | 14.3 | 9.5 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 4.3 | 3.0 |
| Ownership of house, % | 94.1 | 94.7 | 96.2 | 94.5 | 99.6 | 99.1 |
| Ownership of garden, % | 29.22 | 31.66 | 31.0 | 35.5 | 27.9*** | 14.8 |
| Ownership of agricultural land, % | 49.5* | 40.9 | 51.6 | 45.8 | 51.9* | 45.3 |
| Food insecurity,2 % | 31.7 | 30.6 | 14.2* | 20.8 | 25.2** | 36.1 |
| Dietary diversity (range: 0–12), n | 7.6 ± 1.8 | 7.7 ± 1.7 | 8.1 ± 1.8 | 7.9 ± 1.7 | 8.8 ± 1.4 | 8.7 ± 1.4 |
| Maternal factors | ||||||
| Age, y | 26.0 ± 6.1 | 25.6 ± 5.8 | 25.3 ± 5.4* | 24.7 ± 5.3 | 25.3 ± 5.3* | 24.9 ± 5.3 |
| Schooling, y | 4.8 ± 3.5 | 5.1 ± 3.6 | 5.8 ± 3.3 | 6.0 ± 3.3 | 6.3 ± 3.1 | 6.4 ± 3.2 |
| Occupation as housewife, % | 96.3 | 93.8 | 76.2 | 84.1 | 92.1 | 94.4 |
| Child factors | ||||||
| Age, mo | 9.8 ± 7.0 | 9.7 ± 7.0 | 9.0 ± 6.7 | 8.9 ± 6.8 | 8.8 ± 6.8 | 8.6 ± 6.6 |
| Female, % | 49.2 | 50.1 | 51.8 | 50.1 | 48.8 | 51.5 |
1Values are means ± SDs or percentages. *,**,***Different from nonintensive at that time: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.
2Household food insecurity was measured by the use of the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III/US Agency for International Development's Household Food Insecurity Access Scale.