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. 2020 Mar 30;10(1):010406. doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.010406

Table 4.

Descriptive data for female participants

Baseline
Endline

Intervention
Control

Intervention
Control

Variables
N
% or mean
N
% or mean
P-value
N
% or mean
N
% or mean
P-value
Age (years):
≤25
115
16.5%
102
14.6%
0.2
124
17.7%
109
15.6%
0.3
26-30
181
25.9%
169
24.1%

166
23.7%
173
24.7%

31-35
180
25.8%
167
23.9%

191
27.3%
172
24.6%

36-40
121
17.3%
140
20.0%

135
19.3%
155
22.1%

≥41
102
14.6%
122
17.4%

84
12.0%
91
13.0%

Education:
None
102
15.0%
138
20.1%
0.2
128
18.0%
129
18.5%
0.7
Primary
461
66.0%
450
64.0%

451
64.4%
429
61.4%

Secondary or above
135
19.0%
112
16.0%

121
17.3%
141
20.2%

Marital status:
Married
424
61.0%
404
58.0%
0.6
391
55.9%
363
51.9%
0.4
Living as if married
274
39.0%
296
42.0%

309
44.1%
337
48.1%

Polygamy:
Yes
62
9.0%
80
11.0%
0.3
81
12.0%
66
9.4%
0.6
No
514
74.0%
534
76.0%

423
60.4%
468
66.9%

Do not know
123
18.0%
86
12.0%

196
28.0%
166
23.7%

Children:
None
39
5.6%
37
5.3%
0.5
45
6.4%
47
6.7%
0.5
One
100
14.3%
98
14.0%

130
18.6%
115
16.4%

Two
164
23.5%
157
22.4%

161
23.0%
155
22.1%

Three
163
23.3%
157
22.4%

149
21.3%
153
21.9%

Four or more
233
33.3%
251
35.9%

214
30.6%
230
32.9%

Income:
No cash
265
37.9%
242
34.6%
0.1
359
51.3%
323
46.0%
0.5
<RWF5000
262
37.5%
248
35.4%

204
29.1%
239
34.2%

RWF5001-10 000
97
13.9%
110
15.7%

77
11.0%
83
11.9%

>RWF10 000
75
10.7%
100
14.3%

60
8.6%
54
7.7%

Debt in previous month:
No debt
134
19.2%
133
19.0%
0.5
136
19.4%
133
19.0%
0.3
<RWF1000-2000
122
17.5%
118
16.9%

190
27.1%
206
29.4%

RWF2001-10 000
191
27.4%
167
23.9%

151
21.6%
164
23.4%

>RWF10 000
251
36.0%
282
40.3%

223
31.9%
197
28.1%

Land ownership:
Own land
149
21.3%
192
27.4%
0.4
161
23.0%
165
23.6%
0.3
Rent land
239
34.2%
194
27.7%

239
34.1%
247
35.3%

Own and rent
245
35.1%
250
35.7%

188
26.9%
196
28.0%

Do not own or rent
66
9.4%
64
9.1%

112
16.0%
92
13.1%

Home ownership
595
85.1%
597
85.4%
0.9
589
84.0%
567
81.0%
0.3
Asset ownership:
Radio
397
57.0%
336
48.0%
0.1
338
48.0%
303
43.0%
0.4
Electricity
158
23.0%
96
14.0%
0.2
227
32.0%
174
25.0%
0.2
Bicycle
167
24.0%
183
26.0%
0.7
171
24.0%
175
25.0%
0.9
Cellphone
504
72.0%
456
65.0%
0.1
483
69.0%
457
65.0%
0.3
Weighted asset score

7.1

6.9
0.3

7.2

7.4
0.3
Earning disparity:
About same
69
6.7%
96
5.4%
1.0
64
9.2%
87
12.4%
0.5
All work together
327
36.5%
324
34.4%

239
34.2%
281
40.1%

Husband more
47
47.0%
38
46.0%

300
43.0%
283
40.4%

Wife more
255
9.9%
240
13.8%

95
13.6%
49
7.0%

Hunger score

4.9

4.9
0.8

5.0

5.0
0.6
Alcohol use:
Seen male partner drunk
354
68.0%
358
71.0%
0.6
386
75.0%
339
69.0%
0.3
Woman’s alcohol use:
None
548
78.4%
570
81.4%
0.4
616
88.0%
610
87.1%
0.7
Any
101
14.5%
91
13.0%

55
7.9%
57
8.1%

Alcohol problem/issue
50
7.2%
39
5.6%

29
4.1%
33
4.7%

VSLA membership:
I belong
230
33.0%
214
31.0%
0.4
254
36.3%
203
29.0%
0.1
Spouse belongs
119
17.0%
104
15.0%

108
15.4%
125
17.9%

Both
199
29.0%
221
32.0%

185
26.4%
181
25.9%

None
150
21.0%
161
23.0%

153
21.9%
191
27.3%

Previous experience of IPV:
Physical
25
27.0%
23
20.0%
0.3
37
40.0%
27
30.0%
0.1
Sexual
56
8.0%
52
7.0%
0.8
39
41.0%
21
22.0%
0.0
Forced first sexual experience 180 26.0% 173 25.0% 0.7 197 28.0% 173 25.0% 0.3

CI – confidence interval, VSLA village savings and loan associations, IPV – intimate partner violence