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