Table 3.

Comparative table of the characteristics of mothers (before and after)

Characteristics	Before		After		P-value
	No.	%	No.	%
Living areas
Urban	395	53	392	53	0,993
Rural	351	47	348	47
Total	746	100	740	100
Mother’s age
< =19	41	5	70	9	0.018**
20–29	383	51	372	49
30–34	191	25	163	22
> =35	142	19	149	20
Total	757	100	754	100
Number of children
1–2	280	37	325	43	0.001***
3–4	301	40	324	43
5–6	145	20	86	11
≥ 7	31	4	19	3
Total	757	100	754	100
Mother’s level of education
None	586	77	554	73	0.13
Primary school	119	16	146	19
Secondary plus	52	7	59	8
Total	757	100	754	100
Religion
Muslim	633	84	655	87	0.175
Catholic	108	14	89	12
Protestant	16	2	8	1
Total	757	100	754	100
Ethnic
Moaga	696	92	707	93	0.323
Other	61	8	51	7
Total	757	100	754	100

Note: *p-value< 0,05; **p-value< 0,01; ***p-value< 0,001