Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the Connect study population
Children observed | Total | Intervention | Comparison | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number observed | Percent | number observed | Percent | number observed | Percent | ||
Children (0-59monts) characteristics: | |||||||
 Overall | 59,093 | 100·0 | 30,524 | 51·7 | 28,569 | 48·3 | |
 HDSS | Ifakara | 42,929 | 72·6 | 21,534 | 70·5 | 21,395 | 74·9 |
Rufiji | 16,254 | 27·5 | 8990 | 29·5 | 7264 | 25·4 | |
 District | Kilombero | 38,081 | 64·4 | 19,252 | 63·1 | 18,829 | 65·9 |
Ulanga | 4848 | 8·2 | 2282 | 7·5 | 2566 | 9·0 | |
Rufiji | 16,254 | 27·5 | 8990 | 29·5 | 7264 | 25·4 | |
 Sex of child | Boy | 29,366 | 49·7 | 15,182 | 49·7 | 14,184 | 49·6 |
Girl | 29,817 | 50·5 | 15,342 | 50·3 | 14,475 | 50·7 | |
 Age group of child (month) | Less than 1 | 4472 | 6·8 | 2243 | 6·6 | 2229 | 7·0 |
1_11 | 13,796 | 20·9 | 6982 | 20·6 | 6814 | 21·2 | |
12_59 | 47,747 | 72·3 | 24,722 | 72·8 | 23,025 | 71·8 | |
Maternal and household characteristics: | |||||||
 Age group of mother (years) | < 20 | 16,209 | 27·4 | 8277 | 27·1 | 7932 | 27·8 |
20–29 | 25,710 | 43·5 | 13,251 | 43·4 | 12,459 | 43·6 | |
30–39 | 14,565 | 24·6 | 7583 | 24·8 | 6982 | 24·4 | |
≥40 | 2699 | 4·6 | 1413 | 4·6 | 1286 | 4·5 | |
 Education attainment | Never been to school | 32,364 | 54·8 | 17,094 | 56·0 | 15,270 | 53·4 |
Primary level | 25,215 | 42·7 | 12,650 | 41·4 | 12,565 | 44·0 | |
Secondary and plus | 1604 | 2·7 | 780 | 2·6 | 824 | 2·9 | |
 Relative Socio-economic status of household (Wealth Quintiles) | 1st Quintile | 8469 | 19·2 | 4712 | 20·3 | 3757 | 18·0 |
2nd Quintile | 8700 | 19·7 | 4664 | 20·1 | 4036 | 19·3 | |
3rd Quintile | 8936 | 20·3 | 5035 | 21·7 | 3901 | 18·7 | |
4th Quintile | 8186 | 18·6 | 4254 | 18·3 | 3932 | 18·8 | |
5th Quintile | 7255 | 16·4 | 3178 | 13·7 | 4077 | 19·5 | |
Unknown | 2566 | 5·8 | 1365 | 5·9 | 1201 | 5·7 | |
Total Population in the study areas: | |||||||
 Baseline (in July 31, 2011) | 360,161 | 100·0 | 183,367 | 50·9 | 176,794 | 49·1 | |
 Endline (in June 30, 2015) | 379,264 | 100·0 | 191,425 | 50·5 | 187,839 | 49·5 | |