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Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics among treatment and control TBAs

From: The impact of monetary incentives on referrals by traditional birth attendants for postnatal care in Nigeria

Characteristic

Control TBAs [95% CI]

Treatment TBAs [95% CI]

Difference [95% CI]

P-value

(n = 104)

(n = 103)

Age in years

51.423 [47.597–55.249]

44.757 [41.585–47.930]

6.666 [1.721–11.611]

0.009

Female gender

0.971 [0.938–1.004]

0.942 [0.896–0.988]

0.029 [− 0.027–0.085]

0.302

No formal education

0.462 [0.364–0.559]

0.388 [0.293–0.484]

0.073 [− 0.063–0.209]

0.289

Some or completed primary education

0.115 [0.053–0.178]

0.214 [0.133–0.294]

− 0.098 [− 0.199–0.003]

0.057

Some or completed secondary education

0.337 [0.244–0.429]

0.311 [0.220–0.402]

0.026 [−0.103–0.155]

0.693

Some or completed post-secondary education

0.087 [0.032–0.141]

0.087 [0.032–0.143]

−0.001 [− 0.078–0.077]

0.983

Average income per pregnancy (Naira)

1790.962 [1430.692–2151.231]

2265.437 [1680.668–2850.206]

−474.475 [− 1155.743–206.793]

0.171

Offers maternal or neonatal postnatal care

0.683 [0.592–0.774]

0.592 [0.496–0.689]

0.090 [−0.041–0.222]

0.178

Monthly average number of delivery clients

13.808 [−5.194–32.809]

9.553 [−0.005–19.112]

4.254 [−16.952–25.460]

0.693

Average number of maternal clients who attended PNC

0.212 [0.002–0.421]

0.175 [0.021–0.328]

0.037 [−0.222–0.295]

0.779

Average number of neonatal clients who attended PNC

0.202 [−0.009–0.412]

0.194 [0.060–0.328]

0.008 [− 0.241–0.257]

0.927

Literate in English

0.433 [0.336–0.530]

0.456 [0.358–0.554]

−0.024 [− 0.160–0.113]

0.734

Literate in other language

0.260 [0.174–0.345]

0.282 [0.193–0.370]

− 0.022 [− 0.144–0.100]

0.724

Membership of any association

0.846 [0.776–0.917]

0.864 [0.797–0.931]

−0.018 [− 0.115–0.079]

0.716

Main income earner in household

0.250 [0.165–0.335]

0.272 [0.184–0.359]

− 0.022 [− 0.143–0.099]

0.722

  1. Note - CI confidence interval, PNC postnatal care, TBA traditional birth attendant