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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study groups

From: Enhancing nutrition knowledge and dietary diversity among rural pregnant women in Malawi: a randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

Control (n = 103)

Intervention (n = 92)

p-value

Median (IQR) maternal age (years)

23 (18–28)

24 (19–30)

0.11

Median (IQR) number of previous births

1 (0–3)

2 (0–3)

0.12

Median (IQR) household size

5 (3–6)

5 (3–6)

0.06

Median (IQR) months of houshold food shortage last year

2 (1–5)

3 (1–6)

0.05

Geographic location (n, %)

 Lakeshore

60 (58.3)

43 (46.7)

0.11

 Upland

43 (41.7)

49 (53.3)

 

Socio-economic status (n, %)

 Very poor

29 (28.2)

31 (33.7)

0.56

 Poor

43 (41.7)

39 (42.4)

 

 Well-off

31 (30.1)

22 (23.9)

 

Maternal income (n, %)

 No income

83 (80.6)

75 (81.5)

0.87

 Has income

20 (19.4)

17 (18.5)

 

Marital status (n, %)

 Single

12 (16.5)

9 (4.3)

0.67

 Married

91 (83.5)

83 (95.7)

 

Education (n, %)

 Illiterate/primary

79 (78.6)

79 (83.7)

0.10

 Secondary/above

24 (21.4)

13 (16.3)

 

Household head gender (n, %)

 Female

9 (11.7)

7 (4.3)

0.77

 Male

94 (88.3)

85 (95.7)

 
  1. IQR Interquartile range