Variables | Intervention | Control | p value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group Size | N = 160 | 100.0% | N = 160 | 100.0% |  |
Average Age [range in years] | 53 [30–85] | 51 [30–75] | 0.011 | ||
No. of female | 119 | 74.0% | 130 | 81.0% | 0.14 |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.422 |
 Never married | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.5% |  |
 Married | 126 | 79.0% | 130 | 81.0% | |
 Divorced | 1 | 0.5% | 2 | 1.5% | |
 Widow | 33 | 20.5% | 27 | 17.0% | |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.017 |
 No Formal schooling | 24 | 15.0% | 27 | 17.0% |  |
 Primary school | 39 | 25.0% | 44 | 28.0% | |
 Secondary school | 83 | 52.0% | 89 | 55.0% | |
 University level | 14 | 9.0% | 0 | 0.0% |  |
Work status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.524 |
 Government Job | 9 | 5.5% | 9 | 5.5% |  |
 Private Company | 3 | 2.0% | 12 | 8.0% | |
 Self-employed (business) | 21 | 13.0% | 14 | 9.0% | |
 Homemaker (housewife) | 110 | 69.0% | 114 | 71.0% | |
 Retired person | 17 | 10.5% | 10 | 6.0% | |
 Unable to work | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.5% | |
Type of family | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1.000 |
 Nuclear | 120 | 75.0% | 120 | 75.0% |  |
 Combined | 40 | 25.0% | 40 | 25.0% | |
No. of family members contributing in family income | 116 | Â | Â | Â | 0.142 |
 1 member | 34 | 73.0% | 102 | 64.0% |  |
 2 members | 7 | 21.0% | 44 | 27.0% | |
 3 members | 3 | 4.0% | 11 | 7.0% | |
 4 members |  | 2.0% | 3 | 2.0% | |
Monthly Family Income (in Euro; 1 Euro = 86.024 BDT) |  |  |  |  | 0.233 |
 <  116 | 12 | 7.0% | 19 | 12.0% |  |
 117–465 | 88 | 55.0% | 91 | 56.0% | |
 >  465 | 40 | 25.0% | 36 | 22.5% | |
 Refused to answer | 3 | 1.5% | 7 | 4.0% | |
 Don’t know | 17 | 11.5% | 7 | 4.0% |