Effectiveness of home-based nutritional counselling and support on exclusive breastfeeding in urban poor settings in Nairobi: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Baseline distribution of the study participants by demographic and socioeconomic variables between intervention and control arms, MIYCN Study, Nairobi Slums

	Control		Intervention		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value^a
Mother’s age in years
14–20	158	27.5	159	30.5	317	29.0
21–24	177	30.8	164	31.5	341	31.1
25–29	137	23.9	133	25.5	270	24.7	0.206
30–45	102	17.8	65	12.5	167	15.3
Mother’s marital status?
Married	504	87.8	444	85.5	948	86.7	0.546
Not Married	70	12.2	75	14.5	145	13.3
Mother’s highest education level
Less than Primary	112	19.7	85	16.8	197	18.4
Primary School	327	57.6	284	56.2	611	56.9	0.609
Secondary School	129	22.7	136	26.9	265	24.7
Mother’s religion?
Christian	525	90.4	480	90.7	1005	90.5	0.944
Muslim/Other	56	9.6	49	9.3	105	9.5
Mother’s Occupation
Business/self-employment	65	11.5	66	13.1	131	12.2
Informal employment	60	10.6	31	6.1	91	8.5
Formal employment	24	4.2	55	10.9	79	7.4	0.128
Unemployed	418	73.7	353	69.9	771	71.9
Mother’s ethnicity
Kikuyu	119	20.5	132	25	251	22.6
Luhya	92	15.8	73	13.8	165	14.9
Luo	66	11.4	81	15.3	147	13.2
Kamba	96	16.5	80	15.1	176	15.9
Missing	126	21.7	92	17.4	218	19.6	0.831
Other	82	14.1	71	13.4	153	13.8
Mother’s parity
Null	212	36.5	223	42.2	435	39.2
One	178	30.6	165	31.2	343	30.9	0.196
Two+	191	32.9	141	26.7	332	29.9
Household wealth status
Lower	147	25.3	122	23.1	269	24.2
Middle	139	23.9	141	26.7	280	25.2
Upper	125	21.5	143	27	268	24.1	0.691
Missing	170	29.3	123	23.3	293	26.4
Household food security status
Food Secure	153	29.7	129	27.2	282	28.5
Moderately Food Insecure	186	36.2	216	45.6	402	40.7	0.467
Severely Food Insecure	177	34.1	129	27.2	306	30.8
Mother Knowledgeable on EBF (at baseline)^b
No	217	37.41	201	38.29	418	37.83	0.861
Yes	363	62.59	324	61.71	687	62.17
Place of delivery^c
HF delivery	534	95.87	481	94.31	1015	95.13	0.262
Outside HF delivery	23	4.13	29	5.69	52	4.87

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