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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2021 Jun;52(3):409–419. doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01025-1

Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample at baseline by intervention arms

Intervention (N=644) Standard-care (N=594) Total (N=1,238)

Demographic n % n % n %
Age, median [Range] 25.0 [18.0 - 42.0] 25.0 [18.0 - 42.0] 25.0 [18.0 - 42.0]
Age category
 18-24 264 41.0 274 46.1 538 43.5
 25-34 319 49.5 265 44.6 584 47.2
 35 and older 61 9.5 55 9.3 116 9.4
Highest education level, median [Range] 11.0 [0.0 −14.0] 11.0 [0.0 −14.0] 11.0 [0.0 −14.0]
Currently unemployed 515 80.0 490 82.5 1005 81.2
Not married or lived with partner 267 41.5 270 45.5 537 43.4
Monthly income ≤ 2000 ZAR 334 54.4 301 51.9 635 53.2
Informal housing 447 69.4 403 67.8 850 68.7
Food insecurity 333 51.7 331 55.7 664 53.6
Alcohol use
Drank any alcohol, month prior to pregnancy discovery 155 24.1 129 25.8 284 24.8
Drank any alcohol, after pregnancy discovery 56 8.7 49 9.8 105 9.2
Mental health
EPDS > 13 238 37.0 195 32.8 433 35.0
HIV and reproductive health behavior
 Intimate partner violence 205 35.3 201 38.6 406 36.9
 Mothers living with HIV 188 31.5 175 31.6 363 31.5