Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study population at enrolment
| Intervention (n=286) | Control (n=290) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| General characteristics of women | |||
| Median maternal age, years | 28 (15–46) | 28 (15–42) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married or in a relationship | 264 (92%) | 262 (90%) | |
| Single, widow, separated, or divorced | 22 (8%) | 28 (10%) | |
| Education level | |||
| Never attended school | 7 (2%) | 5 (2%) | |
| Primary school | 38 (13%) | 67 (23%) | |
| Secondary school | 187 (65%) | 184 (63%) | |
| Higher education | 54 (19%) | 34 (12%) | |
| Able to read an official language | 249 (87%) | 259 (89%) | |
| Living setting | |||
| Suburban | 282 (99%) | 117 (40%) | |
| Urban | 4 (1%) | 173 (60%) | |
| Employment | |||
| Housewife or farmer | 196 (69%) | 110 (38%) | |
| Student | 11 (4%) | 13 (5%) | |
| Business | 20 (7%) | 18 (6%) | |
| Other | 59 (21%) | 149 (51%) | |
| Usual travel time to health centre | |||
| <30 min | 137/219 (63%) | 68/282 (24%) | |
| 30–60 min | 61/219 (28%) | 164/282 (59%) | |
| >1 h | 21/219 (10%) | 50/282 (18%) | |
| Maternity and contraception | |||
| Previous pregnancies | |||
| Yes | 233 (81%) | 229 (79%) | |
| Median number | 2 (0–11) | 2 (0–9) | |
| Livebirths | 210/233 (90%) | 214/229 (93%) | |
| Living biological children | |||
| Yes | 210/233 (90%) | 212/229 (93%) | |
| Median number | 2 (0–9) | 2 (0–8) | |
| Age of last child | |||
| ≥2 years | 175/207 (84%) | 184/212 (87%) | |
| Breastfeeding of last child | 216/233 (93%) | 212/229 (93%) | |
| Length of exclusive breastfeeding, months | 210/233 (90%) | 212/229 (93%) | |
| <1 | 17/210 (8%) | 7/212 (3%) | |
| 1–5 | 127/210 (61%) | 128/212 (60%) | |
| ≥6 | 66/210 (31%) | 77/212 (37%) | |
| Interpregnancy interval, years | |||
| ≥2 | 121/230 (53%) | 133/226 (59%) | |
| <2 | 109/230 (47%) | 93/226 (41%) | |
| Current pregnancy | |||
| Planned | 92 (32%) | 84/281 (30%) | |
| Any place of delivery | 274 (96%) | 274/281 (98%) | |
| Delivered in study health centre | 241/274 (88%) | 235/274 (84%) | |
| Main reason of non-use of contraception | 146 (51%) | 139 (48%) | |
| Did not know about methods | 84/146 (58%) | 60/139 (43%) | |
| Wanted pregnancy | 24/146 (16%) | 33/139 (24%) | |
| Partner or family opposition | 21/146 (14%) | 6/139 (4%) | |
| Fear of side-effects | 10/146 (7%) | 17/139 (12%) | |
| Other | 7/146 (5%) | 23/139 (17%) | |
| Contraception during year before pregnancy | 140 (49%) | 151 (52%) | |
| Injectable | 7/140 (5%) | 11/151 (7%) | |
| Pill | 17/140 (12%) | 15/151 (10%) | |
| Implant | 6/140 (4%) | 8/151 (5%) | |
| Male condom | 34/140 (24%) | 14/151 (10%) | |
| Standard-day method | 31/140 (22%) | 41/151 (27%) | |
| Intrauterine device | 0 | 2/151 (1%) | |
| Traditional methods | 45/140 (32%) | 60/151 (43%) | |
| General characteristics of male partners* | |||
| Age reported | 233 (81%) | 222 (77%) | |
| Median age, years | 35 (17–57) | 35 (20–69) | |
| Education level, | 264 | 262 | |
| Never attended school | 3 (1%) | 4 (1%) | |
| Primary school | 7 (3%) | 19 (7%) | |
| Secondary school | 154 (59%) | 143 (55%) | |
| Higher education | 100 (38%) | 96 (37%) | |
| Able to read an official language | 258 | 251 | |
| Yes | 251 (97%) | 246 (98%) | |
| Employment | 264 | 261 | |
| None | 27 (10%) | 14 (5%) | |
| Student | 2 (1%) | 1 (1%) | |
| Farmer | 10 (4%) | 2 (1%) | |
| With regular salary | 113 (43%) | 96 (37%) | |
| Business | 21 (8%) | 30 (11%) | |
| Crafts | 2 (1%) | 18 (7%) | |
| Other | 89 (34%) | 100 (38%) | |
Data are N, n/N (%), or median (range).
*
Information collected from the enrolled women about their partners; male partners were not interviewed directly.