Table 1.
Basic socio‐demographic characteristics of study subjects at baseline (June 2010) in Chi Linh district (intervention, n = 239) and Thanh Ha district (control, n = 230), Hai Duong Province, Viet Nam
| Characteristics | Study sites | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Intervention | Control | P‐value | |
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Residency | ||||
| Rural | 351 (74.8) | 152 (63.6) | 199 (86.5) | |
| Urban | 118 (25.2) | 87 (36.4) | 31 (13.5) | <0.001 |
| Family type | ||||
| Nuclear | 204 (43.5) | 103 (43.1) | 101 (43.9) | |
| Extended | 265 (56.5) | 136 (56.9) | 129 (56.1) | 0.86 |
| Household economics | ||||
| Non‐poor | 407 (86.8) | 208 (87.0) | 199 (86.5) | |
| Poor | 65 (13.2) | 31 (13.0) | 31 (13.5) | 0.93 |
| Paternal employment | ||||
| Farmer | 113 (24.1) | 60 (25.1) | 53 (23.0) | |
| Non‐farmer | 356 (75.9) | 179 (74.9) | 177 (77.0) | 0.60 |
| Paternal education | ||||
| Less than high school | 236 (50.3) | 116 (48.5) | 120 (52.2) | |
| High school and above | 233 (49.7) | 123 (51.5) | 110 (47.8) | 0.43 |
| Economic role of father | ||||
| Main income producer | 341 (72.7) | 173 (72.4) | 168 (73.0) | |
| Not a main producer | 128 (27.3) | 66 (27.6) | 62 (27.0) | 0.87 |
| Paternal age | 469 | 28.92 ± 5.11 | 29.41 ± 5.50 | 0.32 |
| Maternal age | 469 | 25.41 ± 4.39 | 25.46 ± 5.06 | 0.89 |
| Maternal employment | ||||
| Farmer | 115 (24.5) | 75 (31.4) | 40 (17.4) | |
| Non‐farmer | 354 (75.5) | 164 (68.6) | 190 (82.6) | <0.001 |
| Maternal education | ||||
| Less than high school | 248 (52.9) | 120 (50.2) | 128 (55.7) | |
| High school and above | 221 (47.1) | 119 (49.8) | 102 (44.3) | 0.24 |
Chi‐square tests applied to detect differences between intervention and control areas.