Table 1.
Comparison of sociodemographic and diabetic parameters in participatory learning and action arm group participants and non-participants
| Overall | Men | Women | ||||||||
| Participants n=2282 | Non-participants n=1513 | P value | Participants n=1027 | Non-participants n=709 | P value | Participants n=1255 | Non-participants n=709 | P value | ||
| Gender, n (%) | Male | 1027 (45.0) | 709 (46.9) | 0.261 | ||||||
| Female | 1255 (55.0) | 804 (53.1) | ||||||||
| Age (years) n (%) | 30–39 | 739 (32.4) | 482 (31.9) | 0.044 | 297 (28.9) | 214 (30.2) | 0.576 | 442 (35.2) | 268 (33.3) | 0.006 |
| 40–49 | 617 (27.0) | 390 (25.8) | 248 (24.2) | 178 (25.1) | 369 (29.4) | 212 (29.4) | ||||
| 50–59 | 466 (20.4) | 280 (18.5) | 227 (22.1) | 137 (19.3) | 239 (19.0) | 143 (17.8) | ||||
| ≥60 | 460 (20.2) | 361 (23.9) | 255 (24.8) | 180 (25.4) | 205 (16.3) | 181 (22.5) | ||||
| Religion, n (%) | Muslim | 2065 (90.5) | 1378 (91.1) | 0.542 | 923 (89.9) | 642 (90.6) | 0.642 | 1142 (91.0) | 736 (91.5) | 0.669 |
| Hindu | 217 (9.5) | 135 (8.9) | 104 (10.1) | 67 (9.5) | 113 (9.0) | 68 (8.5) | ||||
| Marital status, n (%) | Currently unmarried | 205 (9.0) | 201(13.3) | <0.001 | 19 (1.9) | 12 (1.7) | 0.808 | 186 (14.8) | 189 (23.5) | <0.001 |
| Currently married | 2077 (91.0) | 1312 (86.7) | 1008 (98.2) | 697 (98.3) | 1069 (85.2) | 615 (76.5) | ||||
| Education, n (%) | None | 1527 (66.9) | 1017 (67.3) | 0.053* | 649 (63.2) | 439 (62.0) | 0.345*† | 878 (70.0) | 578 (71.9) | 0.190† |
| Primary | 597 (26.2) | 358 (23.72) | 274 (26.7) | 178 (25.1) | 323 (25.7) | 180 (22.4) | ||||
| Secondary | 129 (5.7) | 110 (7.3) | 79 (7.7) | 68 (9.6) | 50 (4.0) | 42 (5.2) | ||||
| Tertiary | 29 (1.3) | 27 (1.8) | 25 (2.4) | 23 (3.3) | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.5) | ||||
| Occupation, n (%) | Not working | 1304 (57.1) | 864 (57.1) | 0.036* | 87 (8.5) | 91 (12.8) | 0.003* | 1217 (97.0) | 773 (96.1) | 0.092 |
| Manual labour | 772 (33.8) | 477 (31.5) | 744 (72.4) | 461 (65.0) | 28 (2.2) | 16 (2.0) | ||||
| Non-manual labour | 205 (9.0) | 172 (11.4) | 195 (19.0) | 157 (22.1) | 10 (0.8) | 15 (1.9) | ||||
| Wealth tertiles, n (%) | Most poor | 851 (37.3) | 656 (43.4) | <0.001 | 391 (38.1) | 319 (45.0) | <0.001 | 460 (36.7) | 337 (41.9) | 0.021 |
| Poor | 782 (34.3) | 414 (27.4) | 388 (37.8) | 202 (28.5) | 394 (31.4) | 212 (26.4) | ||||
| Least poor | 649 (28.4) | 443 (29.3) | 248 (24.2) | 188 (26.5) | 401 (32.0) | 255 (31.7) | ||||
| Self-reported diabetes status, n (%) | Not reported | 2192 (96.1) | 1466 (3.1) | 0.176 | 992 (96.6) | 687 (96.9) | 0.726 | 1200 (95.6) | 779 (96.9) | 0.145 |
| Reported | 90 (3.9) | 47 (3.1) | 35 (3.4) | 22 (3.1) | 55 (4.4) | 25 (3.1) | ||||
P value from χ² test.
*Missing value for ‘education’ and ‘occupation’.
†P value from Fisher’s exact test.