TABLE 2.
Demographic statistics for grandmothers at Mamanieva endline survey1
| Intervention (n = 157) | Comparison (n = 62) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean number of years in household (n = 86)2 | 30.5 ± 19.6 | 38.1 ± 21.8 | 0.13 |
| Number of children (n = 141)3 | 5.4 ± 2.3 | 6.0 ± 2.8 | 0.15 |
| Mean number of grandchildren (n = 141)3 | 6.6 ± 4.7 | 8.9 ± 7.2 | 0.02 |
| Employment | 0.48 | ||
| Agriculture | 85.7 | 79.1 | |
| Schooling | 0.39 | ||
| Never attended | 85.7 | 79.1 | |
| Some or completed primary | 1.9 | 2.3 | |
| Marital status | 0.3 | ||
| Married monogamous | 36.2 | 44.2 | |
| Married polygamous | 24.8 | 11.6 | |
| Widowed | 35.2 | 41.9 |
1Grandmothers included mothers, mothers-in-laws, aunts, or nonrelated elder women.
2
Eighty-six grandmothers knew the number of years they had lived in household (intervention n = 63, comparison n = 23).
3
One hundred and forty-one grandmothers had children and grandchildren (intervention n = 99, comparison n = 42).