| 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 |  |