Table 1.
Characteristics of the respondents
| Baseline survey | Endline survey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control group (n 163) | Intervention group (n 167) | Control group (n 148) | Intervention group (n 296)a | |
| Characteristics | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| Child age (months) | 17.40 ± 4.5 | 17.84 ± 5.3 | 17.15 ± 4.5 | 19.36 ± 8.5 |
| Caregiver age | 29.44 ± 9.3 | 30.93 ± 11.4 | 28.63 ± 9.3 | 33.0 ± 10.9 |
| Caregiver education (years) | 8.11 ± 2.4 | 8.44 ± 2.8 | 8.65 ± 2.5 | 9.10 ± 2.7 |
| Caregiver pregnant (n [%]) | 13 (8.0) | 11 (6.6) | 6 (4.1) | 13 (4.4) |
| Caregiver as biological mother of child (n [%]) | 145 (89.0) | 140 (83.8) | 122 (82.4) | 200 (67.6) |
Note. SD: standard deviation.
a
The 296 women–child pairs only include 230 children as 66 women did not have a child in the defined age bracket.