Table 2. Demographic characteristics of the intervention and standard care groups.

Variables	Intervention group, n (%)	Standard care group, n (%)	p-value
Mother’s age, years (mean ± SD)	26.4 ± 4.0	25.4 ± 4.7	0.103$
key supporter’s age, years (mean ± SD)	49.0 ± 9.4	51.0 ± 9.9	0.171$
Woman’s education, years			0.302*
0–6	4 (4.4)	6 (6.8)
7–12	19 (21.1)	23 (26.2)
>12	67 (74.4)	59 (67.0)
Total	90 (100)	88 (100)
Type of mother education			0.564**
Medical sciences	5 (5.6)	7 (8.0)
Non-medical sciences	85 (94.4)	81 (92.0)
Total	90 (100)	88 (100)
Woman’s occupation			0.567**
Housewife	67 (74.4)	69 (78.4)
Employed	23 (25.6)	19 (21.6)
Total	90 (100)	88 (100)
Spouse’s education, years			0.124*
0–6	1 (1.1)	3 (3.4)
7–12	31 (34.4)	39 (44.3)
>12	58 (64.4)	46 (52.3)
Total	90 (100)	88 (100)
Spouse’s occupation			0.388***
Employed	33 (36.7)	28 (31.8)
Manual laborer	6 (6.7)	11 (12.5)
Self-employed	51 (56.7)	49 (55.7)
Total	90 (100)	88 (100)
Monthly income			0.147**
Sufficient	80 (88.9)	71 (80.7)
Insufficient	10 (11.1)	17 (19.3)
Total	90 (100)	88 (100)
Key supporters			0.454**
Mother	74 (82.2)	67 (76.1)
Other people (sister-in-law, mother-in-law, sister)	16 (17.8)	21 (23.9)
Total	90 (100)	88 (100)
Key supporters’ education, years			0.486*
0–6	47 (52.2)	55 (62.5)
7–12	19 (21.1)	17 (19.3)
>12	24 (26.7)	16 (18.2)
Total	90 (100)	88 (100)
Key supporters’ occupation			0.094**
Housewife	72 (80.0)	79 (89.8)
Employed	18 (20.0)	9 (10.2)
Total	90 (100)	88 (100)

$Independent t-test; *Mann-Whitney U test; **Fishers exact test; ***Chi-square test.