Table 3.

Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants at baseline

Sociodemographic characteristics	N = 635
Age [range 10–16], mean (SD)	12.3 (1.9)
Gender
Males, n (%)	281 (44.3)
Females, n (%)	354 (55.8)
Number of people in household [range 2–18], mean (SD)	5.8 (2.5)
Number of children in household [range 0–9], mean (SD)	2.3 (1.8)
Primary caregiver
Parents, n (%)	305 (48.1)
Grandparents, n (%)	188 (29.7)
Other relatives, n (%)	141 (22.2)
Assets
High possession, n (%)	564 (88.2)
Low possession, n (%)	71 (11.8)
Group assigned
Control group, n (%)	313 (49.3)
Intervention group, n (%)	322 (50.7)

SD standard deviation