Table 1.

Characteristics of the pregnant women who participated in pre- and post-intervention household surveys

	Household survey
	Pre-intervention (N = 553)			Post-intervention (N = 534)
	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI
Currently pregnant	131	23.7	20.7, 27.0	166	31.1	26.7, 35.8
Recently pregnant	422	76.3	72.3, 79.4	368	68.9	64.2, 73.3
Gestational age (months)
3–6	48	36.6	25.7, 49.2	59	36.2	28.8, 44.3
7–9	83	63.4	50.8, 74.3	104	63.8	55.7, 71.2
Maternal age (years)
15–24	214	38.7	31.7, 46.2	183	34.3	27.9, 41.3
25–34	226	40.9	35.1, 46.9	111	20.8	16.2, 26.2
35+	26	4.7	3.2, 6.9	16	3.0	1.8, 4.8
Do not know	87	15.7	10.8, 22.4	224	42.0	33.2, 51.2
Ever given birth
Any birth	507	91.7	88.1, 94.3	475	89.0	84.9, 92.9
At least one miscarriage	46	9.1	6.4, 12.9	70	14.7	11.9, 18.1
At least 1 stillbirth	37	7.4	5.3, 10.1	17	3.6	2.1, 6.1
Parity
Primiparous	181	35.7	29.2, 42.8	174	36.6	31.9, 41.7
Multiparous	258	50.9	45.1, 53.9	237	49.9	45.9, 53.9
Grand multiparous	68	13.4	9.2, 19.1	64	13.5	9.4, 18.9
Education
None	254	45.9	37.0, 55.2	204	38.2	30.7, 46.4
Primary school	71	12.8	9.7, 16.8	79	14.8	11.4, 19.0
Middle school	94	17.0	13.3, 21.5	72	13.5	10.6, 17.0
High school	114	20.6	14.5, 28.5	155	29.0	21.8, 37.6
University	20	3.6	1.7, 7.4	24	4.5	2.6, 7.6
Socioeconomic status
Least poor	111	22.1	17.2, 27.9	107	20.2	16.2, 25.0
Less poor	122	22.1	17.2, 27.8	108	20.5	15.7, 26.4
Poor	99	17.9	14.0, 22.6	107	20.0	15.8, 25.1
Very poor	116	21.0	15.8, 27.3	107	20.0	15.1, 26.1
Most poor	105	19.0	12.6, 27.5	105	19.7	13.8, 27.2
Religion
Hindu	117	21.2	12.3, 34.0	135	25.3	16.1, 37.4
Sarna	273	49.4	37.3, 61.5	155	29.0	19.9, 40.2
Christian	152	27.5	19.0, 38.1	234	43.8	32.7, 55.6
Muslim	11	2.0	0.8, 5.3	10	1.9	0.6, 5.7
Language
Hindi	41	7.4	4.2, 12.9	46	8.6	4.2, 16.8
Mundari	419	75.8	62.0, 85.7	373	70.0	56.5, 80.5
Sadri	85	15.4	8.6, 26.0	96	18.0	10.8, 28.4
Other	8	1.5	0.6, 3.5	19	3.6	1.7, 7.2

* Only 1.6% of women across the two surveys were not married; this variable was, therefore, not included.