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

Table 5 Baseline distribution of those excluded by demographic and socioeconomic variables between intervention and control arms, MIYCN Study, Nairobi slums

	Control		Intervention		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	P-Value
Mother’s age in years
14–20	51	25.5	51	21.8	102	23.5
21–24	63	31.5	76	32.5	139	32	0.833
25–29	58	29	71	30.3	129	29.7
30–45	28	14	36	15.4	64	14.7
Mother’s marital status
Married	165	81.7	187	80.3	352	80.9
Not married	37	18.3	46	19.7	83	19.1	0.706
Mother’s highest completed education level
Less than Primary	43	21.4	40	17.4	83	19.3
Primary School	116	57.7	143	62.2	259	60.1	0.533
Secondary+	42	20.9	47	20.4	89	20.6
Mother’s religion
Christian	174	85.7	213	88	387	87
Muslim/Other	29	14.3	29	12	58	13	0.472
Mother’s occupation
Business/ self-employment	29	14.4	30	13	59	13.7
Informal employment	24	11.9	21	9.1	45	10.4	0.648
Formal employment	11	5.5	17	7.4	28	6.5
Unemployed	137	68.2	162	70.4	299	69.4
Mother’s ethnicity
Kikuyu	42	20.7	45	18.6	87	19.6
Luhya	35	17.2	39	16.1	74	16.6
Luo	20	9.9	32	13.2	52	11.7	0.677
Kamba	23	11.3	36	14.9	59	13.3
Other groups	28	13.8	34	14	62	13.9
Missing	55	27.1	56	23.1	111	24.9
Mother’s parity
Null	59	29.1	91	37.6	150	33.7
One	77	37.9	66	27.3	143	32.1	0.04
Two+	67	33	85	35.1	152	34.2
Household wealth status
Lowest	53	26.1	56	23.1	109	24.5
Middle	47	23.2	50	20.7	97	21.8	0.079
Highest	38	18.7	71	29.3	109	24.5
Missing	65	32	65	26.9	130	29.2
Household food security status
Food secure	35	21.9	38	21.1	73	21.5
Moderate Food Insecure	58	36.3	86	47.8	144	42.4	0.067
Severely Food insecure	67	41.9	56	31.1	123	36.2
Mother knowledgeable on EBF at baseline^a
No	64	32.7	78	34.7	142	33.7	0.663
Yes	132	67.3	147	65.3	279	66.3

^aKnowledge that food/drinks other than breast milk should be introduced at six months

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