Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics
| Intervention group (n = 50) | Control group (n = 144) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | ||
| Age | 39.42 (15.83) | 38.42 (15.53) | 0.696 | ||
| Gender | 0.672 | ||||
| Women | 25 (50) | 67 (46.5) | |||
| Men | 25 (50) | 77 (53.5) | |||
| Marital status | 0.487 | ||||
| Married | 41 (82) | 109 (77.3) | |||
| Not married | 9 (18) | 32 (22.7) | |||
| Number of children | 2.23 (1.65) | 2.65 (2.05) | 0.241 | ||
| Educational level | 0.109 | ||||
| Below secondary | 48 (96) | 126 (87.5) | |||
| Secondary and above | 2 (4) | 18 (12.5) | |||
| Occupation | 0.603 | ||||
| Farmer/Engineer | 45 (91.8) | 125 (87.4) | |||
| Housewife/student | 4 (8.2) | 18 (12.6) | |||
| Daily expense | 0.328 | ||||
| < 5000 Tanzanian Shillings | 37 (74) | 116 (80.6) | |||
| ≥ 5000 Tanzanian Shillings | 13 (26) | 28 (19.4) | |||
| Household assets ownership | 0.860 | ||||
| Low (0–1) | 33 (68.8) | 95 (67.4) | |||
| High (2+) | 15 (31.3) | 46 (32.6) | |||
| Birth in family within 12 months | |||||
| Women | 25 | 67 | 0.186 | ||
| Herself | 9 (36) | 15 (22.4) | |||
| Others | 16 (64) | 52 (77.6) | |||
| Men | 25 | 77 | 0.140 | ||
| Wife | 10 (40) | 19 (24.7) | |||
| Others | 15 (60) | 58 (75.3) | |||