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

Table 6 Comparison of baseline characteristics between those included and those excluded, MIYCN Study, Nairobi Slums

	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 baseline^a
No	142	33.7	368	34.9	510	34.6
Yes	279	66.3	687	65.1	966	65.4	0.674

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

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