Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the community-based sample by condition (N = 1400).

	Intervention N = 720	Control N = 720
Socio-Demographics
	Mean (sd)	Mean (sd)
Age	34.01 (8.23)	34.43 (8.38)
Age at marriage	18.03 (3.57)	17.64 (3.08)
Caste/Ethnicity	%	%
Uppercaste and relatively advantaged Janajatis	47.43	45.69
Disadvantaged non-Dalit and Janajatis	45.06	45.97
Dalit and religious minorities	7.51	8.33
Respondent educational level	%	%
None	30.14	31.67
Primary	22.36	25.28
Some secondary	28.33	24.31
SLC and above	19.17	18.75
Husband educational level	%	%
None	13.63	15.18
Primary	21.28	22.56
Some secondary	36.58	33.43
SLC and above	28.51	28.83
Marriage type	%	%
Love marriage with your family's blessing	11.53	11.25
Love marriage without your family's blessing	14.86	17.92
Arranged by family with my consent	63.47	61.39
Arranged by family without my consent	10.14	9.44
Household financial stress	43.53	46.8
Primary Outcome	%	%
Physical and/or sexual IPV, prior 12 months	23.89	31.81
Secondary Outcomes	%	%
Physical IPV, prior 12 months	15.14	20.42
Sexual IPV, prior 12 months	16.53	23.92
Severe IPV, prior 12 months	21.67	28.33
Emotional IPV, prior 12 months	28.61	32.78
Economic IPV, prior 12 months	18.75	18.19
Other Baseline Covariates	%	%
Husband frequently drunk	22.78	26.39
Respondent participates in decision to have sex	60.69	66.48
Respondent participates in decisions about major household purchases	63.14	67.64
	Mean (sd)	Mean (sd)
Frequency of quarrelling	0.71 (0.53)	0.72 (0.54)
Couple communication	1.92 (0.83)	1.91 (0.89)
Gender equitable attitudes	1.89 (0.45)	1.88 (0.49)
Husband enacts gender equitable behaviors in front of his family	1.56 (0.56)	1.48 (0.61)