Table 3 Sample characteristics of women exiting L&D, ANC and PNC services
Characteristic | Baseline | Midterm | Endline | T-test | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comparison | Intervention | Comparison | Intervention | Comparison | Intervention | |||||||||
n = 067 | n = 136 | n = 109 | n = 224 | n = 040 | n = 190 | t | Sig | |||||||
Women exiting L&D services | ||||||||||||||
 Average age in years (mean/SD) | 25.1 | 6.0 | 24.3 | 6.0 | 24.1 | 4.7 | 24.0 | 5.5 | 22.6 | 4.3 | 23.9 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 0.79 |
 Proportion of married women (N/%) | 61 | 91.0 | 128 | 94.1 | 103 | 94.5 | 218 | 97.3 | 39 | 97.5 | 188 | 99.0 | −2.0 | 0.04* |
 Proportion of literate women (N/%) | 51 | 76.1 | 83 | 61.0 | 73 | 67.0 | 140 | 62.5 | 24 | 60.0 | 123 | 64.7 | 1.5 | 0.14 |
 Average number of pregnancies (mean/SD) | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.97 |
 Average number of living children (mean/SD) | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.95 |
 Proportion with previous miscarriage (N/%) | 9 | 13.4 | 14 | 10.3 | 11 | 10.1 | 20 | 8.9 | 2 | 5.0 | 18 | 9.5 | 0.3 | 0.76 |
 Proportion with previous stillbirth (N/%) | 1 | 1.5 | 5 | 3.7 | 2 | 1.8 | 10 | 4.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.2 | −1.4 | 0.17 |
 Proportion with previous premature birth (N/%) | 5 | 7.5 | 7 | 5.2 | 2 | 1.8 | 13 | 5.8 | 2 | 5.0 | 10 | 5.3 | −0.7 | 0.47 |
Women exiting ANC services | n = 167 | n = 221 | n = 250 | n = 365 | n = 99 | n = 305 |  |  | ||||||
 Average age in years (mean/SD) | 25.3 | 6.5 | 24.2 | 5.8 | 24.2 | 5.8 | 25.0 | 5.7 | 24.5 | 5.4 | 25.0 | 6.0 | −0.6 | 0.54 |
 Proportion of married women (N/%) | 163 | 97.6 | 216 | 97.7 | 249 | 99.6 | 356 | 97.5 | 96 | 97.0 | 289 | 94.8 | 0.8 | 0.44 |
 Proportion of literate women (N/%) | 111 | 66.5 | 146 | 66.1 | 166 | 66.4 | 243 | 66.6 | 52 | 52.5 | 193 | 63.3 | −0.6 | 0.56 |
 Average number of pregnancies (mean/SD) | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 1.8 | −0.3 | 0.79 |
 Average number of living children (mean/SD) | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.46 |
 Proportion with previous miscarriage (N/%) | 23 | 13.8 | 32 | 14.5 | 23 | 9.2 | 50 | 13.7 | 12 | 12.0 | 30 | 9.8 | −0.7 | 0.46 |
 Proportion with previous stillbirth (N/%) | 9 | 5.4 | 8 | 3.6 | 11 | 4.4 | 14 | 3.8 | 1 | 1.0 | 13 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.90 |
 Proportion with previous premature birth (N/%) | 9 | 5.4 | 14 | 6.3 | 10 | 4.0 | 11 | 3.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 10 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.82 |
Women exiting PNC services | n = 080 | n = 150 | n = 138 | n = 220 | n = 077 | n = 230 |  |  | ||||||
 Average age in years (mean/SD) | 25.5 | 6.4 | 24.7 | 5.6 | 23.3 | 5.0 | 24.5 | 6.0 | 24.8 | 6.1 | 23.7 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.94 |
 Proportion of married women (N/%) | 78 | 97.5 | 139 | 92.7 | 135 | 97.8 | 212 | 96.4 | 73 | 94.8 | 220 | 95.7 | 1.2 | 0.21 |
 Proportion of literate women (N/%) | 50 | 62.5 | 91 | 60.7 | 90 | 65.2 | 150 | 68.2 | 43 | 55.8 | 148 | 64.4 | −0.8 | 0.41 |
 Average number of pregnancies (mean/SD) | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 0.01* |
 Average number of living children (mean/SD) | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.05* |
 Proportion with previous miscarriage (N/%) | 13 | 16.3 | 19 | 12.7 | 9 | 6.5 | 14 | 6.4 | 3 | 3.9 | 14 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 0.60 |
 Proportion with previous stillbirth (N/%) | 5 | 6.3 | 4 | 2.7 | 6 | 4.4 | 4 | 1.8 | 2 | 2.6 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.09 |
 Proportion with previous premature birth (N/%) | 4 | 5.0 | 11 | 7.3 | 6 | 4.4 | 7 | 3.2 | 6 | 7.8 | 10 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.52 |