Table 2.
Characteristics of mothers or caregivers of children aged 2–59 months and of their children at baseline (December 2016 to February 2017) and endline surveys (December 2018 to February 2019) in intervention and comparison areas
| Baseline household survey | Endline household survey | P value* | |||||||
| Intervention | Comparison | Intervention | Comparison | ||||||
| N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | ||
| Caregiver’s characteristic | |||||||||
| Age (years) | 1259 | 1273 | 2454 | 2275 | |||||
| <25 | 24 (22 to 27) | 27 (25 to 30) | 17 (16 to 19) | 20 (19 to 22) | 0.15† | ||||
| 25 to 29 | 28 (26 to 31) | 30 (27 to 33) | 28 (26 to 29) | 26 (25 to 28) | |||||
| 30 to 34 | 19 (17 to 22) | 17 (15 to 19) | 23 (21 to 24) | 21 (19 to 23) | |||||
| 35 to 39 | 16 (14 to 19) | 16 (14 to 18) | 19 (17 to 21) | 18 (16 to 19) | |||||
| ≥40 | 12 (10 to 14) | 10 (8 to 12) | 13 (12 to 15) | 14 (13 to 16) | |||||
| Education | 1259 | 1273 | 2454 | 2275 | 0.07‡ | ||||
| Schooling | 36 (34 to 39) | 45 (43 to 48) | 37 (35 to 39) | 45 (42 to 47) | |||||
| No schooling | 64 (61 to 66) | 55 (52 to 57) | 63 (61 to 65) | 55 (53 to 58) | |||||
| Religion | 1259 | 1273 | 2454 | 2275 | |||||
| Orthodox Christians | 54 (51 to 57) | 38 (36 to 41) | 61 (59 to 63) | 47 (45 to 49) | 0.04‡ | ||||
| Others§ | 46 (43 to 49) | 62 (59 to 64) | 38 (37 to 41) | 53 (51 to 55) | |||||
| Socioeconomic status | 1259 | 1273 | 2454 | 2275 | 0.81† | ||||
| Q1 (poorest) | 19 (17 to 22) | 23 (21 to 25) | 18 (17 to 20) | 25 (23 to 27) | |||||
| Q2 | 18 (16 to 21) | 20 (18 to 22) | 19 (18 to 20) | 22 (21 to 25) | |||||
| Q3 | 20 (18 to 23) | 18 (16 to 21) | 19 (18 to 21) | 18 (16 to 19) | |||||
| Q4 | 22 (20 to 25) | 21 (18 to 23) | 20 (19 to 22) | 17 (16 to 19) | |||||
| Q5 (least poor) | 19 (18 to 22) | 18 (16 to 20) | 23 (22 to 25) | 17 (16 to 19) | |||||
| Distance to the nearest HP | 1104 | 1126 | 2030 | 1878 | <0.01‡ | ||||
| ≤30 min | 59 (56 to 62) | 71 (69 to 74) | 64 (62 to 66) | 64 (62 to 67) | |||||
| >30 min | 40 (39 to 44) | 29 (26 to 31) | 36 (34 to 38) | 36 (33 to 38) | |||||
| Child 2–59 months of age | |||||||||
| Sex | 1525 | 1471 | 2960 | 2740 | |||||
| Male | 52 (49 to 54) | 51 (48 to 54) | 52 (50 to 53) | 51 (49 to 52) | 0.77‡ | ||||
| Female | 48 (46 to 51) | 49 (46 to 51) | 48 (47 to 50) | 49 (48 to 51) | |||||
| Age (months) | 1488 | 1453 | 2960 | 2740 | |||||
| 2 to 11 | 19 (17 to 21) | 18 (16 to 20) | 16 (14 to 17) | 15 (14 to 16) | 0.43† | ||||
| 12 to 23 | 19 (17 to 21) | 20 (18 to 22) | 18 (17 to 20) | 16 (15 to 18) | |||||
| 24 to 35 | 23 (21 to 25) | 22 (20 to 24) | 20 (19 to 21) | 19 (18 to 20) | |||||
| 36 to 47 | 24 (21 to 26) | 26 (24 to 28) | 27 (26 to 29) | 27 (26 to 29) | |||||
| 48 to 59 | 16 (14 to 18) | 14 (13 to 16) | 19 (17 to 20) | 22 (21 to 24) | |||||
*All models were adjusted for clustering.
†P value obtained from linear regression model for the variable to assess whether there was any difference between the groups that changed over time.
‡P value obtained from logistic regression model for the variable to assess whether there was any difference between the groups that changed over time.
§Includes Catholics, Muslims and Protestants.