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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

From: The impact of mobile phone based messages on maternal and child healthcare behaviour: a retrospective cross-sectional survey in Bangladesh

Characteristic

Exposed (n = 210)

Non-exposed (n = 266)

Chi-squared test

Age of respondent women

  < 25 years

129 (61%)

148 (56%)

χ2 = 1.617; df = 1; p = 0.204

  ≥ 25 years

81 (39%)

118 (44%)

Family monthly income

  < 10,000 BDT

107 (51%)

116 (44%)

χ2 = 2.541; df = 1; p = 0.111

  ≥ 10,000 BDT

103 (49%)

150 (56%)

Women’s education

 None or primary education

86 (41%)

100 (37%)

χ2 = 0.576; df = 2; p = 0.757

 Junior secondary school

65 (31%)

87 (33%)

 Secondary school or higher

59 (28%)

79 (30%)

Access to sanitary latrine

 Yes

194 (92%)

244 (92%)

χ2 = 0.068; df = 1; p = 0.795

 No

16 (8%)

16 (8%)

Access to potable drinking water

 Yes

209 (99%)

263 (99%)

χ2 = 0.598; df = 1; p = 0.439

 No

1 (1%)

3 (1%)

Residence

 Urban

134 (64%)

127 (48%)

χ2 = 12.229; df = 1; p < 0.001

 Rural

76 (36%)

139 (52%)

a Districts

 District A

33 (16%)

28 (11%)

χ2 = 36.524; df = 4; p < 0.001

 District B

44 (21%)

72 (27%)

 District C

62 (29%)

53 (20%)

 District D

40 (19%)

22 (8%)

 District E

31 (15%)

91 (34%)

Number of living children

 1

91 (43%)

112 (42%)

χ2 = 1.452; df = 2; p = 0.484

 2

73 (35%)

105 (40%)

  ≥ 3

46 (22%)

49 (18%)

Age of last born child (living)

  < 6 months

107 (51%)

52 (20%)

χ2 = 66.775; df = 2; p < 0.001

 6–12 months

84 (40%)

125 (47%)

 13–18 months

19 (9%)

89 (33%)

Type of messages received

   

 Voice

207 (99%)

263 (99%)

χ2 = 0.085; df = 1; p = 0.770

 Text

3 (1%)

3 (1%)

Woman’s access to phone

 Shares phone

92 (44%)

119 (45%)

χ2 = 0.001; df = 1; p = 0.969

 Never shares phone

118 (56%)

147 (55%)

  1. aDistricts name have been labelled to maintain anonymity