Table 2. Characteristics of participants in the cluster randomized trial to increase iron and folic acid consumption, Odisha, India, September 2019–February 2020.
| Variable | No. (%) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control arm (n = 2048) | Intervention arm (n = 2060) | ||
| Age, years | NS | ||
| 15–19 | 228 (11.6) | 191 (9.7) | |
| 20–24 | 366 (18.6) | 354 (17.9) | |
| 25–29 | 388 (19.7) | 395 (20.0) | |
| 30–39 | 621 (31.6) | 644 (32.6) | |
| 40–49 | 362 (18.4) | 393 (19.9) | |
| Missing data | 83 (4.2) | 83 (4.2) | |
| Education, years of schooling | NS | ||
| None | 349 (17.8) | 375 (18.9) | |
| 1–6 | 565 (28.7) | 537 (27.0) | |
| 7–10 | 799 (40.6) | 831 (41.8) | |
| 11–12 | 185 (9.4) | 172 (8.7) | |
| ≥ 13 | 68 (3.5) | 72 (3.6) | |
| Missing data | 82 (4.2) | 73 (3.7) | |
| Tribal and caste group | < 0.001 | ||
| Scheduled tribe member | 1203 (58.7) | 1267 (61.5) | |
| Scheduled caste member | 224 (10.9) | 320 (15.5) | |
| Other | 621 (30.3) | 473 (23.0) | |
| No. of children | NS | ||
| None | 430 (21.9) | 412 (20.7) | |
| 1 | 422 (21.5) | 427 (21.5) | |
| 2 | 700 (35.6) | 733 (36.9) | |
| ≥ 3 | 414 (21.1) | 415 (20.9) | |
| Missing data | 82 (4.2) | 73 (3.7) | |
NS: not significant.
Note: We calculated P values using χ2 test.