Table 1.
maternal demographic characteristics
| Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Intervention N (%) | Control N (%) | |
| Age in years | 15-19 | 281(27.5) | 195(23.6) |
| 20-29 | 537(52.5) | 430(52.0) | |
| 30-39 | 204(19.9) | 195(23.6) | |
| 40+ | 1(0.1) | 7(0.8) | |
| Marital status | Married | 987(96.5) | 663(80.2) |
| Single | 18(1.8) | 91(11.0) | |
| Separated | 10(1.0) | 34(4.1) | |
| Divorced | 8(0.8) | 39(4.7) | |
| Occupation | House wife | 678(66.3) | 602(72.8) |
| Farmer | 299(29.2) | 194(23.5) | |
| Businesswoman | 33(3.2) | 22(2.7) | |
| Government worker | 13(1.3) | 9(1.1) | |
| Parity | First child | 36(3.5) | 42(5.1) |
| Two children | 209(20.4) | 190(23.0) | |
| Three children | 86(8.4) | 62(7.5) | |
| Four children | 139(13.6) | 123(14.9) | |
| Five children | 200(19.6) | 98(11.9) | |
| Six children | 108(10.6) | 138(16.7) | |
| Seven children | 115(11.2) | 91(11.0) | |
| Eight children | 103(10.1) | 69(8.3) | |
| More than nine children | 27(2.6) | 14(1.7) | |
| Education | Primary | 212(20.7) | 169(20.4) |
| Secondary | 188(18.4) | 160(19.3) | |
| Institutions | 57(5.6) | 46(5.6) | |
| No Formal education | 566(55.3) | 452(54.7) | |
| Trimester | Second | 552(54.1) | 429(51.9) |
| Third | 470(45.9) | 398(48.1) | |