| 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 |