Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of all recently pregnant survey respondents
| Variable | Baseline | Endline | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Intervention | p-value | Control | Intervention | p-value | |
| N = 188 | N = 182 | N = 344 | N = 343 | |||
| District | 0.84 | 0.38 | ||||
| Nkhata Bay, n (%) | 90 (47.9) | 89 (48.9) | 183 (53.2) | 171 (49.9) | ||
| Ntcheu, n (%) | 98 (52.1) | 93 (51.1) | 161 (46.8) | 172 (50.2) | ||
| Age, in years | ||||||
| Median (range) | 23 (16, 44) | 24 (16, 43) | 0.70 | 24 (16, 41) | 25 (16, 45) | 0.14 |
| < 20, n (%) | 35 (18.6) | 36 (19.8) | 58 (16.9) | 68 (19.8) | ||
| 20–24, n (%) | 71 (37.8) | 64 (35.2) | 130 (37.8) | 102 (29.7) | ||
| 25–29, n (%) | 38 (20.2) | 39 (21.4) | 81 (23.6) | 94 (27.4) | ||
| 30–34, n (%) | 28 (14.9) | 19 (10.4) | 53 (15.4) | 37 (10.8) | ||
| ≥ 35, n (%) | 16 (8.5) | 24 (13.2) | 22 (6.4) | 42 (12.2) | ||
| Education | 0.03 | 0.43 | ||||
| None, n (%) | 7 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.3) | 8 (2.3) | ||
| Primary, n (%) | 135 (71.8) | 131 (72.0) | 243 (70.6) | 257 (74.9) | ||
| Secondary or higher, n (%) | 46 (24.5) | 51 (28.0) | 93 (27.0) | 78 (22.7) | ||
| Gravidity* | 0.39 | 0.02 | ||||
| 1, n (%) | 67 (35.8) | 60 (33.0) | 121 (35.2) | 121 (35.3) | ||
| 2, n (%) | 43 (23.0) | 48 (26.4) | 89 (25.9) | 72 (21.0) | ||
| 3, n (%) | 33 (17.7) | 29 (15.9) | 51 (14.8) | 60 (17.5) | ||
| 4, n (%) | 25 (13.4) | 17 (9.3) | 41 (11.9) | 24 (7.0) | ||
| 5+, n (%) | 19 (10.2) | 28 (15.4) | 42 (12.2) | 66 (19.2) | ||
| Gestation week for ANC1 visit, mean (SD) | 20.2 (6.4) | 20.9 (5.0) | 0.32 | 20.3 (5.9) | 20.4 (6.5) | 0.88 |
| Married, n (%) | 159 (84.6) | 154 (84.6) | 0.99 | 293 (85.2) | 286 (83.4) | 0.52 |
| Work outside the home, n (%) | 81 (43.1) | 64 (35.2) | 0.12 | 138 (40.1) | 107 (31.2) | 0.01 |
* One woman was missing data on gravidity
Statistically significant p-values are bolded