Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants, Greater Accra Regional and Tema General Hospitals, 2020

Characteristics	Total (N = 400) n (%)	Intervention (N = 200) n (%)	Control (N = 200) n (%)
Mean age (years)	30.09 (5.8)	29.90 (5.5)	30.29 (6.0)
Mean number of children (including current child)	1.49 (1.5)	1.44 (1.4)	1.54 (1.5)
Marital Status
Never Married	23 (5.8)	10 (5.0)	13 (6.5)
Currently Married	321 (80.3)	162 (81.0)	159 (79.5)
Cohabiting	56 (14.0)	28 (14.0)	28 (14.0)
Highest Level of education
None	18 (4.9)	9 (4.8)	9 (5.0)
Primary	135 (36.7)	67 (36.0)	68 (37.4)
Secondary	141 (38.3)	75 (40.3)	66 (36.3)
Tertiary	74 (20.1)	35 (18.8)	39 (21.4)
Occupation
Employed (Government)	38 (9.5)	15 (7.5)	23 (11.5)
Employed (Private)	26 (6.5)	15 (7.5)	11 (5.5)
Self employed	97 (24.3)	44 (22.0)	53 (26.5)
Trader	142 (35.5)	73 (36.5)	69 (34.5)
Unemployed	56 (14.0)	25 (12.5)	31 (15.5)
Others	41 (10.3)	28 (14.0)	13 (6.5)
Religion
Christian	339 (84.8)	165 (82.5)	174 (87.0)
Muslim	61 (15.3)	35 (17.5)	26 (13.0)
Ethinicity
Akan	208 (52.0)	98 (49.0)	110 (55.0)
Ga	44 (11.0)	22 (11.0)	22 (11.0)
Ga-Adangme	7 (1.8)	1 (0.5)	6 (3.0)
Ewe	72 (18.0)	39 (19.5)	33 (16.5)
Krobo	5 (1.3)	3 (1.5)	2 (1.0)
Others	64 (16.0)	37 (18.5)	27 (13.5)
Child ever died
Yes	26 (6.5)	12 (6.0)	14 (7.0)
No	374 (93.5)	188 (94.0)	186 (93.0)
Possession of NHIS
Yes	390 (97.5)	195 (97.5)	195 (97.5)
No	10 (2.5)	5 (2.5)	5 (2.50)
Socioeconomic Status
First Quintile	34 (8.5)	17 (8.5)	17 (8.5)
Second Quintile	34 (8.5)	15 (7.5)	19 (9.5)
Third Quintile	33 (8.3)	18 (9.0)	15 (7.5)
Fourth Quintile	35 (8.8)	20 (10.0)	15 (7.5)
Fifth Quintile	264 (66.0)	130 (65.0)	134 (67.0)