Table 7 Difference in difference analysis of sociodemographic characteristics of women included in the study compared between intervention and control villages
| Â | Number (%) of mothers in intervention villages | Number (%) of mothers in control villages | Difference in intervention compared to control at baseline | Number (%) of mothers in intervention villages | Number (%) of mothers in control villages | Difference in intervention compared to control at endline | Difference in difference analysis between baseline and endline Crude mean difference (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Baseline | Â | Endline | Endline | Â | Â | |
(n = 1199) | (n = 1242) |  | (n = 1254) | (n = 1237) |  |  | |
Province | |||||||
 Bamyan | 421 (35.1%) | 413 (33.3%) | − 1.8% | 403 (32.1%) | 403 (32.6%) | 0.5% | −2.3% (− 0.08–0.03) |
 Badghis | 387 (32.3%) | 412 (33.2%) | 0.9% | 400 (31.9%) | 404 (32.7%) | 0.8% | 0.1% (−0.05–0.05) |
 Kandahar | 391 (32.6%) | 417 (33.6%) | 1.0% | 451 (36.0%) | 430 (34.8%) | −1.2% | 2.2% (− 0.03–0.07) |
Maternal education | |||||||
 Primary school (year 1–6) | 38 (3.2%) | 74 (6.0%) | 2.8% | 46 (3.7%) | 86 (7.0%) | 3.3% | −0.4% (− 0.03–0.02) |
 Secondary school (year 7–9) | 33 (2.8%) | 40 (3.2%) | 0.4% | 34 (2.7%) | 38 (3.1%) | 0.4% | 0.1% (−0.02–0.02) |
 High school (year 10–12) | 32 (2.7%) | 57 (4.6%) | 1.9% | 72 (5.7%) | 73 (5.9%) | 0.2% | 1.7% (−0.01–0.04) |
 Advanced education (year 12+) | 14 (1.2%) | 22 (1.8%) | 0.6% | 20 (1.6%) | 49 (4.0%) | 2.4% | −1.8% (−0.03- -0.001) |
 No education | 1082 (90.2%) | 1038 (83.6%) | −6.6% | 1057 (84.3%) | 983 (79.5%) | −4.8% | −1.8% (−0.06–0.02) |
Literacy | |||||||
 Literate | 223 (18.6%) | 279 (22.5%) | 3.9% | 412 (32.8%) | 382 (30.9%) | −1.9% | 5.8% (0.01–0.11) |
 Not literate | 976 (81.4%) | 963 (77.5%) | −3.9% | 842 (67.2%) | 855 (69.1%) | 1.9% | −5.8% (−0.11- -0.01) |
Mother’s age | |||||||
 16–24 years | 469 (39.1%) | 455 (36.6%) | −2.5% | 496 (39.6%) | 391 (31.6%) | −8.0% | 5.4% (−0.01–0.11) |
 25–29 years | 407 (33.9%) | 346 (27.9%) | −6.0% | 307 (24.5%) | 386 (31.2%) | 6.7% | −12.8% (−0.17–0.07) |
 30–39 years | 213 (17.8%) | 145 (11.7%) | −6.1% | 364 (29.0%) | 282 (22.8%) | −6.2% | 0.1% (−0.04–0.05) |
 40 years or older | 108 (9.0%) | 70 (5.6%) | −3.4% | 86 (6.9%) | 47 (3.8%) | 3.1% | −0.3% (− 0.03–0.02) |
Mother’s parity | |||||||
 1 | 112 (9.3%) | 96 (7.7%) | −1.6% | 138 (11.0%) | 188 (15.2%) | 4.2% | −5.8% (−0.09–0.02) |
 2 | 161 (13.4%) | 183 (14.7%) | 1.3% | 165 (13.2%) | 238 (19.2%) | 6.0% | −4.7% (− 0.09–0.01) |
 3 | 209 (17.4%) | 242 (19.5%) | 2.1% | 160 (12.8%) | 208 (16.8%) | 4.0% | −2.0% (− 0.06–0.02) |
 4 | 174 (14.5%) | 209 (16.8%) | 2.3% | 203 (16.2%) | 150 (12.1%) | −4.1% | 6.4% (−0.02–0.10) |
 5 or more | 543 (45.3%) | 512 (41.2%) | −4.1% | 588 (46.9%) | 453 (36.6%) | −10.3% | 6.2% (−0.01–0.12) |
Wealth quintile | |||||||
 Quintile 1 (poorest) | 111 (9.3%) | 358 (28.8%) | 19.5% | 166 (13.2%) | 258 (20.9%) | 7.7% | 11.9% (−0.08–0.16) |
 Quintile 2 | 223 (18.6%) | 228 (18.4%) | −0.2% | 255 (20.3%) | 169 (13.7%) | −6.6% | 6.4% (0.02–0.11) |
 Quintile 3 | 294 (24.5%) | 165 (13.3%) | −11.2% | 201 (16.0%) | 223 (18.0%) | 2.0% | −13.2% (0.18- -0.09) |
 Quintile 4 | 241 (20.1%) | 220 (17.7%) | −2.4% | 200 (16.0%) | 222 (18.0%) | 2.0% | −4.3% (0.09- -0.01) |
 Quintile 5 (least poor) | 239 (19.9%) | 212 (17.1%) | −2.8% | 270 (21.5%) | 152 (12.3%) | −9.2% | 6.4% (−0.02–0.11) |
Access to any health facility | |||||||
 Less than 30 mins | 422 (35.2%) | 299 (24.1%) | −11.1% | 419 (33.4%) | 376 (30.4%) | −3.0% | −8.1% (0.13- -0.03) |
 30 mins to 1 h | 405 (33.8%) | 595 (47.9%) | 14.1% | 509 (40.6%) | 531 (42.9%) | 2.3% | 11.8% (−0.06–0.17) |
 1–2 h | 172 (14.4%) | 183 (14.7%) | 0.3% | 236 (18.8%) | 211 (17.1%) | −1.7% | 2.1% (− 0.02–0.06) |
 2 h to half a day | 124 (10.3%) | 25 (2.0%) | −8.3% | 65 (5.2%) | 35 (2.8%) | −2.4% | −6.1% (0.09- -0.04) |
 More than half a day | 29 (2.4%) | 10 (0.8%) | −1.6% | 1 (0.1%) | 54 (4.4%) | 4.3% | −6.0 (0.08- -0.04) |