Table 3.

Socioeconomic difference in mean knowledge score of signs and symptoms (10 items) and risk factors (13 items) of women in the low socioeconomic community of Mumbai before and after interventions, 2018–2020

Characteristics	Mean (SD) knowledge score						N*
	Signs and symptoms (10 items)			Risk factors (13 items)
	Baseline	Endline	P value	Baseline	Endline	P value
Age group (years)			ns			ns
18–24	2.74 (3.86)	7.02 (1.87)		1.63 (3.30)	7.65 (2.28)		43
25–34	2.83 (3.64)	6.72 (2.03)		2.00 (2.97)	7.14 (2.76)		87
35–44	2.50 (3.63)	7.04 (2.01)		1.47 (2.82)	7.22 (2.54)		137
45–55	2.80 (3.73)	6.48 (1.80)		1.59 (3.03)	7.31 (2.86)		140
Schooling			p<0.01			ns
Primary	1.23 (3.06)	5.96 (1.96)		0.46 (1.22)	6.68 (2.73)		22
Secondary	1.48 (2.86)	6.90 (1.93)		1.12 (2.46)	7.19 (2.87)		168
Higher	3.74 (3.96)	6.76 (1.92)		2.13 (3.33)	7.39 (2.50)		220
Religion			p<0.01			p<0.01
Hindu	2.77 (3.71)	6.73 (1.92)		1.67 (2.97)	7.25 (2.68)		387
Non-Hindu	2.70 (3.12)	6.78 (2.14)		1.64 (3.03)	7.28 (2.61)		29
Caste			ns			ns
SC/ST	0.82 (2.36)	6.55 (2.65)		1.00 (2.27)	6.59 (2.46)		22
OBC	2.90 (3.58)	7.02 (1.72)		1.87 (2.96)	7.15 (2.57)		111
Others	2.77 (3.77)	6.69 (1.94)		1.60 (3.02)	7.39 (2.73)		274
Family type			p<0.01			p<0.01
Nuclear	2.80 (3.80)	6.87 (1.93)		1.57 (2.71)	7.36 (2.81)		326
Joint/extended	2.31 (3.14)	6.42 (1.94)		1.93 (3.03)	6.95 (2.63)		81
Employment			p<0.01			p<0.01
Not working	2.46 (3.58)	6.76 (1.90)		1.49 (2.86)	7.22 (2.65)		348
Working	3.90 (3.99)	6.86 (2.10)		2.42 (3.39)	7.57 (2.75)		62
Marital status			p<0.01			p<0.01
Unmarried	2.64 (3.73)	7.12 (1.72)		1.46 (2.96)	7.89 (2.16)		61
Married	2.69 (3.67)	6.71 (1.96)		1.66 (2.97)	7.16 (2.74)		349

*N is the sample size.

OBC, other backward classes; SC, scheduled caste; ST, scheduled tribe.