Table 5. Distribution of study participants by background characteristic (%).
SNNP - Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’.
| Sample characteristics | Control ( N = 408) | Intervention ( N = 335) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | 0.441 | ||
| 16–22 | 26 | 26 | |
| 22–29 | 41 | 36 | |
| 30–39 | 26 | 33 | |
| 40–49 | 7 | 6 | |
| Education | 0.043 | ||
| None | 56 | 66 | |
| Primary | 19 | 19 | |
| Higher | 25 | 16 | |
| Age of last child | < .001 | ||
| > 3 years | 92 | 81 | |
| ≤ 3 years | 7 | 5 | |
| No children | 2 | 14 | |
| Religion * | 0.480 | ||
| Orthodox | 60 | 69 | |
| Protestant | 3 | 0 | |
| Muslim | 38 | 31 | |
| Wealth quintile | 0.273 | ||
| Lowest | 17 | 24 | |
| Second | 13 | 29 | |
| Middle | 23 | 16 | |
| Fourth | 25 | 14 | |
| Highest | 22 | 17 | |
| Region | 0.393 | ||
| Amhara | 16 | 25 | |
| Oromia | 41 | 21 | |
| SNNP | 23 | 12 | |
| Tigray | 20 | 42 |
*For the statistical test, Protestants were collapsed with Orthodox Christians