Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants in intervention and comparison groups
| Demographic variables |
Intervention (n = 138) |
Comparison (n = 119) | Test statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years [M (SD)] | 35.9 (9.5) | 38.2 (11.1) | t = 1.718, p = 0.087 |
| Age of last child in years [M (SD)] | 2.0 (1.4) | 2.1 (1.3) | t = 1.081, p = 0.281 |
| Gestational age of wife at booking in weeks [M (SD)] | 24.2 (2.8) | 24.4 (2.6) | t = 1.683, p = 0.092 |
| Number (percentage) | |||
| Place of residence | χ2 = 0.154, p = 0.695 | ||
| Urban | 72 (52.2) | 65 (54.6) | |
| Rural | 66 (47.8) | 54 (45.4) | |
| Tribe | χ2 = 1.695, p = 0.792 | ||
| Mandinka | 28 (20.3) | 30 (25.2) | |
| Wollof | 65 (47.1) | 53 (44.5) | |
| Fulla | 39 (28.3) | 32 (26.9) | |
| Jola | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Others | 5 (3.6) | 4 (3.4) | |
| Type of work | χ2 = 0.070, p = 0.995 | ||
| Not working | 3 (2.2) | 3 (2.5) | |
| Farmer | 41 (29.7) | 34 (28.6) | |
| Civil servant | 29 (21.0) | 25 (21.0) | |
| Others | 65 (47.1) | 57 (47.9) | |
| Highest level of education | χ2 = 17.937, p = 0.022* | ||
| None | 5 (3.6) | 3 (2.5) | |
| Basic | 19 (13.8) | 9 (7.5) | |
| Senior secondary | 25(18.2) | 15 (12.6) | |
| Tertiary | 1 (0.7) | 12 (10.1) | |
| Informal Arabic (dara) | 88 (63.8) | 80 (67.2) | |
| Number of wives | χ2 = 0.560, p = 0.905 | ||
| One | 93 (67.5) | 81 (68.1) | |
| Two | 38 (27.5) | 31 (26.1) | |
| Three or more | 7 (5.0) | 7 (5.8) | |
| Number of children | χ2 = 3.321, p = 0.651 | ||
| None | 26 (18.8) | 21 (17.6) | |
| One | 16 (11.6) | 21 (17.6) | |
| Two | 19 (13.8) | 10 (8.4) | |
| Three | 27 (19.6 | 24 (20.2) | |
| Four or more | 50 (36.2) | 43 (36.2) | |
| Place of delivery of the last child | χ2 = 0.080, p = 0.961 | ||
| No child yet | 26 (18.8) | 21 (17.6) | |
| Health facility | 102 (74.0) | 89 (74.8) | |
| Home | 10 (7.2) | (7.6) | |