|
Control
|
Intervention
|
Total
| |
---|
|
n
|
%
|
n
|
%
|
n
|
%
|
p-valuea
|
---|
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 deliveryc
|
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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a
P-values are based on Chi-square that accounts for clustering
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bKnowledge that food other than breast milk should be introduced at six months
-
cPlace of delivery not collected at baseline but during the follow-up