Table 5. Sample characteristics, by study arm and survey period.
| Characteristics | Baseline | Follow-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparison | Intervention | p-value | Comparison | Intervention | p-value | |
| Age group | ||||||
| 15–19 | 138 (7.7) | 27 (5.7) | 0.332 | 104 (5.9) | 32 (6.8) | 0.723 |
| 20–34 | 1,384 (77.1) | 374 (79.1) | 1,374 (77.4) | 357 (76.3) | ||
| 35–49 | 273 (15.2) | 72 (15.2) | 298 (16.8) | 79 (16.9) | ||
| Education | ||||||
| No education | 1,063 (59.2) | 235 (49.7) | 0.001 | 989 (55.7) | 226 (48.3) | 0.016 |
| Primary | 395 (22.0) | 130 (27.5) | 397 (22.4) | 124 (26.5) | ||
| Higher | 337 (18.8) | 108 (22.8) | 390 (22.0) | 118 (25.2) | ||
| Distance to a health facility | ||||||
| < 30 minutes | 752 (41.9) | 185 (39.1) | 0.537 | 839 (47.2) | 215 (45.9) | 0.859 |
| 30 minutes to < 1hr | 601 (33.5) | 168 (35.5) | 537 (30.2) | 143 (30.6) | ||
| 1 + hrs. | 442 (24.6) | 120 (25.4) | 400 (22.5) | 110 (23.5) | ||
| Wealth quintile | ||||||
| Most poor | 412 (23.0) | 97 (20.5) | 0.131 | 356 (20.1) | 88 (18.8) | 0.812 |
| More poor | 366 (20.4) | 82 (17.3) | 349 (19.7) | 88 (18.8) | ||
| Poor | 337 (18.8) | 109 (23.0) | 347 (19.5) | 91 (19.4) | ||
| Less poor | 336 (18.7) | 85 (18.0) | 352 (19.8) | 91 (19.4) | ||
| Least poor | 344 (19.2) | 100 (21.1) | 372 (21.0) | 110 (23.5) | ||
| Region | ||||||
| Tigray | 408 (22.7) | 108 (22.8) | 0.990 | 396 (22.3) | 108 (23.1) | 0.982 |
| Amhara | 469 (26.1) | 120 (24.4) | 468 (26.4) | 120 (25.6) | ||
| Oromia | 456 (25.4) | 122 (25.8) | 456 (25.7) | 120 (25.6) | ||
| SNNP | 462 (25.7) | 123 (23.0) | 456 (25.7) | 120 (25.6) | ||
| No. of women | 1,795 | 473 | 1,776 | 468 | ||