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Table 6 Comparison of baseline characteristics between those included and those excluded, 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

 

Excluded

Included

Total

 
 

N

%

N

%

N

%

P-Value

Study group

 Control

203

45.6

581

52.3

784

50.4

0.017

 Intervention

242

54.4

529

47.7

771

49.6

 

Mother’s age

 14–20

102

23.5

297

26.9

399

25.9

 

 21–24

139

32

355

32.2

494

32.1

0.188

 25–29

129

29.7

273

24.7

402

26.1

 

 30–45

64

14.7

179

16.2

243

15.8

 

Mothers marital status

 Married

352

80.9

948

86.7

1266

82.9

0.206

 Not married

83

19.1

145

13.3

262

17.1

 

Mothers highest completed education level

 Less than Primary

83

19.3

197

18.4

280

18.6

 

 Primary School

259

60.1

611

56.9

870

57.8

0.247

 Secondary+

89

20.6

265

24.7

354

23.5

 

Mother’s religion

 Christian

387

87

1005

90.5

1392

89.5

 

 Muslim/Other

58

13

105

9.5

163

10.5

0.038

Mother’s main source of livelihood

 Business/self-employment

59

13.7

131

12.2

190

12.6

 

 Informal employment

45

10.4

91

8.5

136

9

0.488

 Formal employment

28

6.5

79

7.4

107

7.1

 

 Unemployed

299

69.4

771

71.9

1070

71.2

 

Mother’s ethnicity

 Kikuyu

87

19.6

251

22.6

338

21.7

 

 Luhya

74

16.6

165

14.9

239

15.4

 

 Luo

52

11.7

147

13.2

199

12.8

0.142

 Kamba

59

13.3

176

15.9

235

15.1

 

 Other groups

62

13.9

153

13.8

215

13.8

 

 Missing

111

24.9

218

19.6

329

21.2

 

Mother’s parity

 Null

150

33.7

435

39.2

585

37.6

 

 One

143

32.1

343

30.9

486

31.3

0.104

 Two+

152

34.2

332

29.9

484

31.1

 

Household wealth status

 Lowest

109

24.5

269

24.2

378

24.3

 

 Middle

97

21.8

280

25.2

377

24.2

0.477

 Highest

109

24.5

268

24.1

377

24.2

 

 Missing

130

29.2

293

26.4

423

27.2

 

Household food security status

 Food secure

73

21.5

280

28.3

353

26.5

 

 Moderate Food Insecure

144

42.4

403

40.7

547

41.1

0.035

 Severely Food insecure

123

36.2

307

31

430

32.3

 

Mother knowledgeable on EBF at baselinea

 No

142

33.7

368

34.9

510

34.6

 

 Yes

279

66.3

687

65.1

966

65.4

0.674

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