Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the intervention and the control group
| Variables | Intervention | Control | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Size | N = 160 | 100.0% | N = 160 | 100.0% | |
| Average Age [range in years] | 53 [30–85] | 51 [30–75] | 0.011 | ||
| No. of female | 119 | 74.0% | 130 | 81.0% | 0.14 |
| Marital status | 0.422 | ||||
| Never married | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.5% | |
| Married | 126 | 79.0% | 130 | 81.0% | |
| Divorced | 1 | 0.5% | 2 | 1.5% | |
| Widow | 33 | 20.5% | 27 | 17.0% | |
| Education | 0.017 | ||||
| No Formal schooling | 24 | 15.0% | 27 | 17.0% | |
| Primary school | 39 | 25.0% | 44 | 28.0% | |
| Secondary school | 83 | 52.0% | 89 | 55.0% | |
| University level | 14 | 9.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Work status | 0.524 | ||||
| Government Job | 9 | 5.5% | 9 | 5.5% | |
| Private Company | 3 | 2.0% | 12 | 8.0% | |
| Self-employed (business) | 21 | 13.0% | 14 | 9.0% | |
| Homemaker (housewife) | 110 | 69.0% | 114 | 71.0% | |
| Retired person | 17 | 10.5% | 10 | 6.0% | |
| Unable to work | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.5% | |
| Type of family | 1.000 | ||||
| Nuclear | 120 | 75.0% | 120 | 75.0% | |
| Combined | 40 | 25.0% | 40 | 25.0% | |
| No. of family members contributing in family income | 116 | 0.142 | |||
| 1 member | 34 | 73.0% | 102 | 64.0% | |
| 2 members | 7 | 21.0% | 44 | 27.0% | |
| 3 members | 3 | 4.0% | 11 | 7.0% | |
| 4 members | 2.0% | 3 | 2.0% | ||
| Monthly Family Income (in Euro; 1 Euro = 86.024 BDT) | 0.233 | ||||
| < 116 | 12 | 7.0% | 19 | 12.0% | |
| 117–465 | 88 | 55.0% | 91 | 56.0% | |
| > 465 | 40 | 25.0% | 36 | 22.5% | |
| Refused to answer | 3 | 1.5% | 7 | 4.0% | |
| Don’t know | 17 | 11.5% | 7 | 4.0% | |