Table 2 Characteristics of participats by phase
Background characteristics | Pre-intervention Phase n = 114 (%) | Intervention Phase n = 151 (%) | p - valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic characteristics | |||
 Mother’s educational qualification | |||
  Went to school | 112 (98) | 145 (96) | 0.47 |
  Never went to school | 2 (2) | 6 (4) | |
 Mother’s occupation | |||
  Housewife | 99 (87) | 132 (87) | 1.00 |
  Others | 15 (13) | 19 (13) | |
 Age of the mother | |||
   < 20 yrs | 16 (14) | 15 (10) | 0.44 |
  20-29 yrs | 88(77) | 116 (77) | |
   ≥ 30 yrs | 10 (9) | 19 (13) | |
 Father’s educational qualification | |||
  Went to school | 112 (98) | 147 (97) | 0.70 |
  Never went to school | 2 (2) | 4 (3) | |
 Father’s occupation | |||
  Manual worker | 20 (18) | 39 (26) | 0.14 |
  Non-manual worker | 94 (82) | 112 (74) | |
 Type of toilet facility | |||
  Sanitary | 109 (96) | 146 (97) | 0.75 |
  Non-sanitary | 5 (4) | 5 (3) | |
 Source of drinking water | |||
  Deep tube well | 114 (100) | 148 (98) | 0.26 |
  Shallow tube well | 0 (0) | 3 (2) | |
 Wealth index quintile | |||
  Poorest | 3 (3) | 7 (5) | 0.25 |
  Middle | 71 (62) | 101 (67) | |
  Richest | 40 (35) | 43 (28) | |
  Mean number of family members | 3.97 | 4.45 | 0.11 |
Pregnancy characteristics | |||
 Gestational age | |||
   < 37 weeks | 27(24) | 35 (23) | 1.00 |
   ≥ 37 weeks | 87 (76) | 116 (77) | |
 Mode of delivery | |||
  Vaginal | 22 (19) | 46 (30) | 0.05 |
  Cesarean section | 92 (81) | 105 (70) | |
 Outcome of pregnancy | |||
  Single | 110 (97) | 151 (100) | 0.47 |
  Twin | 4 (3) | 0 (0) | |
 Parity | |||
  Primipara | 61 (54) | 73 (48) | 0.46 |
  Multipara | 53 (46) | 78 (52) | |
Infant characteristics | |||
 Gender of the Infant | |||
  Male | 68 (60) | 83 (55) | 0.45 |
  Female | 46 (40) | 68 (45) | |
Mean birthweight (g) | 2784 | 2892 | 0.08 |
Feeding practice | |||
 Exclusive Breastfeeding Rate | 66 (58) | 118 (78) | 0.00 |