Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| Comparison arm | Intervention arm |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sex of the baby | Male | 53.2% | 52.3% |
| Female | 46.8% | 47.7% | |
| Total | 2432 | 2022 | |
| Age of mother at delivery (years) | < 20 | 25.4% | 25.0% |
| 20–24 | 43.5% | 43.2% | |
| 25–29 | 21.7% | 22.5% | |
| 30–34 | 6.9% | 6.8% | |
| ≥35 | 2.6% | 2.5% | |
| Total | 2432 | 2142 | |
| ≥1 antenatal visit | No | 13.3% | 13.8% |
| Yes | 86.4% | 86.1% | |
| Total | 2424 | 2141 | |
| Delivered in health facility | No | 47.4% | 47.9% |
| Yes | 52.6% | 52.1% | |
| Total | 2431 | 2142 | |
| Number of times pregnant, prior to this delivery | None | 26.5% | 26.4% |
| 1 | 28.0% | 28.4% | |
| 2–4 | 39.6% | 39.8% | |
| ≥5 | 5.7% | 5.3% | |
| Total | 2430 | 2141 | |
| Years of education – mother (years) | None | 63.4% | 63.5% |
| 1–4 | 4.7% | 4.3% | |
| 5–9 | 19.1% | 18.8% | |
| ≥10 | 12.7% | 13.4% | |
| Total | 2430 | 2141 | |
| Years of education – husband (years) | None | 40.1% | 39.9% |
| 1–4 | 7.6% | 5.8% | |
| 5–9 | 30.8% | 33.7% | |
| ≥10 | 21.3% | 20.5% | |
| Total | 2430 | 2139 | |
| Wealth terciles (by asset possession)a | Low | 23.1% | 25.2% |
| Medium | 48.6% | 48.1% | |
| High | 28.2% | 26.7% | |
| Total | 2432 | 2142 | |
aCalculated by combining 5 asset-related variables: mobile phone, television, land, latrine, and motorcycle. All variables dichotomized and then summed; scores then stratified into 3 categories; high, medium and low