Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the participating mothers (n = 67).
| Intervention group (n = 37) | Waitlist group (n = 30) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | Mean (SD) | Range | N | % | Mean (SD) | Range | t | χ2 | |
| Demographics | ||||||||||
| Age | 35.8 (3.6) | 26–45 | 36.7 (4.2) | 30–45 | -0.89 | |||||
| Level of education | ||||||||||
| Low | 2 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 1.62 | |||||
| Medium | 6 | 16.2 | 5 | 17.2 | ||||||
| High | 29 | 78.4 | 24 | 82.8 | ||||||
| Paid job | 31 | 83.8 | 27 | 90.0 | 0.55 | |||||
| Living with partner | 37 | 100 | 29 | 96.7 | 1.25 | |||||
| Child characteristics | ||||||||||
| Age | 3.5 (0.23) | 3.1–4.2 | 3.5 (0.31) | 3.2–4.7 | -0.39 | |||||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Girl | 21 | 58.3 | 16 | 53.3 | 0.17 | |||||
| Boy | 15 | 41.7 | 14 | 46.7 | ||||||
| Number of children in household | ||||||||||
| One | 7 | 18.9 | 3 | 10.0 | 4.15 | |||||
| Two | 18 | 48.6 | 21 | 70.0 | ||||||
| Three | 7 | 18.9 | 5 | 16.7 | ||||||
| Four or more | 5 | 13.5 | 1 | 3.3 | ||||||
SD, standard deviation; level of education; low, primary education or secondary pre-vocational education; medium, secondary education or vocational education; high, Bachelor or Master’s degree. ∗p < 0.05.