Table 1.
Baseline demographics
| Standard care (SC) N = 313 |
Home visiting (HV) N = 157 |
All mothers N = 470 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Mean age (SD) | 24.9 (7.6) | 24.8 (6.3) | 24.9 (7.2) |
| Adolescents* | 20% | 10% | 16% |
| Mean highest education level (SD) | 8.6 (2.3) | 8.8 (2.6) | 8.6 (2.4) |
| Employed | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Live with father or in-laws | 34% | 33% | 33% |
| Number of people in household (SD) | 5.9 (2.8) | 5.8 (3.3) | 5.87 (2.9) |
| Monthly household income >R2000 (US$208 in 2013) | 48% | 50% | 48% |
| Water tank on site | 18% | 13% | 16% |
| Electricity** | 21% | 4% | 16% |
| Maternal health | |||
| Primipara | 40% | 38% | 40% |
| HIV Seropositive* | 26% | 35% | 29% |
Note. P-values based on mixed linear (continuous) and logistic (binary) regressions using random intercepts for mothers
* p < .05; ** p < .01