Table 2. Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants in the intervention and control groups.

		Total	Intervention	%	Control	%	p
Number of participants		4,675	2,407		2,268
	Baseline	2,339	1,102	45.78	1,237	54.54
	Endline	2,336	1,305	54.22	1,031	45.46
Age							0.091
	<15 years	27	11	0.46	16	0.71
	15–24 years	2,740	1,376	58.61	1,364	60.14
	25–34 years	1,719	924	38.39	795	35.05
	>=35 years	189	96	3.99	93	4.10
Maternal education							0.204
	<6 years	985	501	20.81	484	21.34
	6–8 years	1,807	923	38.35	884	38.98
	9–11 years	1,313	685	28.46	628	27.69
	>=12 years	392	298	12.38	272	11.99
Marriage							0.535
	Married	4,639	2,389	99.25	2,250	99.21
	Separated	24	14	0.58	10	0.44
	Divorced	7	2	0.08	5	0.22
	Widowed	5	2	0.08	3	0.13
Religion							0.553
	Islam	4,453	2,289	95.14	2,164	95.41
	Hinduism	197	102	4.24	95	4.21
	Christianity	24	15	0.62	9	0.51
Occupation							0.88
	Housewife	4,469	2,302	95.64	2,167	95.55
	Others	206	105	4.36	101	4.45
Education of husband							0.227
	<6 years	1,599	777	32.28	822	36.24
	6–8 years	875	448	18.61	427	18.83
	9–11 years	855	458	19.03	397	17.50
	>=12 years	1,346	724	30.08	622	27.43
Occupation of husband							<0.001
	Business	887	493	20.56	394	17.53
	7.Agriculture	1,275	594	24.77	681	30.29
	Skilled labor	574	281	11.72	293	13.03
	Unskilled labor	690	363	15.14	327	14.55
	Rickshaw/van puller	306	157	6.55	149	6.63
	Others	914	510	21.27	404	17.97
Household income (month)							0.219
	1st quintile (<=5000 Taka)	1,227	636	26.44	591	26.07
	2nd quintile (5000–6000 Taka)	770	383	15.93	387	17.07
	3rd quintile (6000–8000 Taka)	1,066	529	22.00	537	23.69
	4th quintile (8000–10000 Taka)	738	382	15.88	356	15.70
	5th quintile (>=10000 Taka)	871	475	19.75	396	17.47
Number of living children							0.198
	0	37	19	0.79	18	0.79
	1	2,262	1,138	47.28	1,124	49.56
	2	1,664	892	37.06	772	34.04
	>=3	712	358	14.87	354	15.61