Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of intervention and control groups
| Demographic measures: binary | Control group N (%) |
Intervention group N (%) |
| Caregiver | ||
| Female | 124 (99) | 117 (99) |
| Primary school complete | 71 (57) | 84 (71)* |
| Birth at home | 10 (8) | 13 (11) |
| Infant | ||
| Female | 73 (58) | 65 (55) |
| Evidence of wasting | 14 (11) | 22 (18)* |
| Evidence of stunting | 5 (4) | 6 (5) |
| Underweight | 7 (6) | 10 (8)* |
| Fully Immunised at 9 months | 125 (100) | 112 (95) |
| Demographic measures: continuous | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| Caregiver | ||
| Age (years) | 26.01 (7.18) | 23.50 (6.32)* |
| Parity | 2.18 (1.56) | 2.06 (1.50) |
| Gravida | 2.27 (1.64) | 2.21 (1.68) |
| Pregnancy weeks at birth | 38.82 (1.72) | 38.79 (1.50) |
| ANC visits | 3.03 (1.16) | 3.35 (1.04)* |
| Household members | 5.92 (2.12) | 5.75 (2.19) |
| Depression score | 2.98 (3.08) | 5.18 (5.18)* |
| Infant | ||
| Age (months) | 9.40 (0.32) | 9.30 (0.31)* |
| Weight for height | −0.44 (1.45) | −1.03 (1.22)* |
| Length for age | 0.75 (2.08) | 0.69 (1.63)* |
| Weight for age | 0.12 (1.22) | −0.60 (1.02)* |
*Difference between control and intervention groups p<0.05.
ANC, antenatal care.