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

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

 

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

 
  1. a P-values are based on Chi-square that accounts for clustering
  2. bKnowledge that food other than breast milk should be introduced at six months
  3. cPlace of delivery not collected at baseline but during the follow-up