Conditional cash transfers to prevent mother-to-child transmission in low facility-delivery settings: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Nigeria

Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the intention-to-treat population

Characteristic	Standard care		Conditional cash transfer intervention		P-value
Characteristic	N	Median or %	N	Median or %	P-value
Recruitment site	254		263
Ikot Ekpene	66	26.0%	98	37.3%	0.014
Oron	121	47.6%	114	43.3%
Eket	67	26.4%	51	19.4%
Age^a	254	27.0	195	28.0	0.220
Month of pregnancy at ANC registration^a	254	6.0	233	6.0	0.072
Marital status^b			195
Married			166	85.1%
Single			24	12.3%
Widowed			5	2.6%
Number of children currently alive^b			195
0			50	25.6%
1			64	32.8%
2			42	21.5%
3+			39	20.0%
Place of delivery for last child born^b,c			158
Public hospital/clinic			68	43.0%
Church			46	29.1%
Traditional birthing center			25	15.8%
Home			13	8.2%
Private hospital/clinic			6	3.8%
Newly diagnosed with HIV^b			195
Yes			68	34.9%
No			127	65.1%

^aAge and month of pregnancy at ANC registration were not found for some women randomised to the intervention but who refused to enrol. Differences by study arm were tested using the Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test
^bAdditional information on women enroled in the intervention were obtained from intervention administrators collected through surveys administered at enrolment and during follow-up phone calls with participants
^cFurther restricted to participants who have at least one child

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