Table II.
Marital and fertility status of the T3 participants at T3.
| Male | Female | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n = 118) | Control 1 (n = 133) | P values | Control 2 (n = 132) | P values | Intervention (n = 122) | Control 1 (n = 127) | P values | Control 2 (n = 111) | P values | |
| Relationship status (n, %) | ||||||||||
| Single | 51 (43.2) | 60 (45.1) | 0.64a | 57 (43.2) | 0.50a | 34 (27.9) | 31 (24.4) | 0.23a | 36 (32.4) | 0.75a |
| Having partners, not married | 25 (21.2) | 22 (16.5) | 21 (15.9) | 16 (13.1) | 27 (21.3) | 14 (12.6) | ||||
| Married | 42 (35.6) | 51 (38.3) | 54 (40.9) | 72 (59.0) | 69 (54.3) | 61 (55.0) | ||||
| The number of children (n, %) | ||||||||||
| None | 95 (80.5) | 93 (69.9) | 0.04b | 93 (70.5) | 0.07b | 77 (63.1) | 81 (63.8) | 0.90b | 71 (64.0) | 0.74b |
| One | 15 (12.7) | 22 (16.5) | 24 (18.2) | 28 (23.0) | 29 (22.8) | 20 (18.0) | ||||
| Two or more | 8 (6.8) | 18 (13.5) | 15 (11.4) | 17 (13.9) | 17 (13.4) | 20 (18.0) | ||||
| New births (n, %) | 12 (10.2) | 10 (7.5) | 0.46a | 15 (11.4) | 0.76a | 23 (18.9) | 17 (13.4) | 0.24a | 19 (17.1) | 0.73a |
| Prior fertility consultation (n, %) | 13 (11.0) | 16 (12.0) | 0.80a | 10 (7.6) | 0.35a | 23 (18.9) | 24 (18.9) | 0.99a | 20 (18.0) | 0.87a |
| New consultations (n, %)e | 6 (5.4) | 5 (4.1) | 0.76d | 1 (0.8) | 0.06d | 7 (6.6) | 7 (6.4) | 1.00d | 7 (7.1) | 1.00d |
| Subgroup analyses among partnered individuals | ||||||||||
| New births (n, %)f | 11 (19.3) | 10 (13.9) | 0.41a | 15 (19.7) | 0.95a | 23 (27.1) | 16 (18.2) | 0.16a | 19 (25.0) | 0.77a |
| New births in 2015 (n, %)f | 5 (8.8) | 1 (1.4) | 0.09d | 4 (5.3) | 0.50d | 9 (10.6) | 2 (2.3) | 0.03d | 8 (10.5) | 1.00d |
| New consultations (n, %)g | 6 (12.0) | 5 (8.2) | 0.54d | 1 (1.5) | 0.04d | 6 (8.7) | 7 (9.7) | 1.00d | 7 (10.9) | 0.77d |
P values compare the preceding Control group with the Intervention group. Control 1 = folic acid intake pre-pregnancy. Control 2 = family policy.
aChi-square test.
bWilcoxon-type test for trend.
cTwo-tailed t test.
dFisher’s exact test.
eAmong those who had no prior fertility consultation at T1. Men: n = 111 (intervention), n = 122 (control 1), n = 123 (control 2). Women: n = 106 (intervention), n = 110 (control 1), n = 98 (control 2).
fSample sizes for partnered or married men are n = 57 (intervention), n = 72 (control 1), n = 76 (control 2). Sample sizes for women are n = 85 (intervention), n = 88 (control 1), n = 76 (control 2).
gSample sizes for partnered or married men who had no prior fertility consultation at T1 are n = 50 (intervention), n = 61 (control 1), n = 67 (control 2). Sample sizes for women are n = 69 (intervention), n = 72 (control 1), n = 64 (control 2).