Table 1. Characteristics of mothers in pre- and post-intervention.
Pre-intervention N = 364 |
Post-intervention N = 377 |
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n (%) | n (%) | P-value | |
Age (in years), mean (SD) | 24.4 (5.3) | 24.7 (5.2) | 0.535 |
Education of mother | |||
Illiterate | 96 (26.4) | 71 (18.8) | 0.014 |
Primary education | 90 (24.7) | 97 (25.7) | 0.753 |
Secondary and higher | 177 (48.6) | 199 (53.8) | 0.258 |
Husband's education | |||
No education | 44 (12.1) | 40 (10.6) | 0.526 |
Primary education | 115 (31.6) | 111 (29.4) | 0.525 |
Secondary and higher | 199 (54.7) | 216 (57.3) | 0.472 |
socioeconomic status | |||
Ethnicity | |||
Brahmin/Chetri | 71 (19.5) | 89 (23.6) | 0.175 |
Dalit | 54 (14.8) | 78 (20.7) | 0.037 |
Janajati | 239 (65.7) | 206 (54.6) | 0.002 |
Religion | |||
Hindu | 270 (74.2) | 266 (70.6) | 0.271 |
Buddhist | 81 (22.3) | 84 (22.3) | 0.993 |
Others | 13 (3.6) | 27 (7.2) | 0.031 |
Wealth index | |||
Richer | 8 (2.2) | 103 (27.3) | <0.001 |
Rich | 103 (28.5) | 140 (37.1) | 0.012 |
Poor | 88 (24.3) | 71 (18.8) | 0.07 |
Poorer | 163 (45) | 63 (16.7) | <0.001 |