Table 7

Socioeconomic and sociodemographic differences in women's group attendance (ORs), per intervention year, two trials in Nepal

 Nepal-Makwanpur trialNepal-Dhanusha trial
Year 1Year 2Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4
OR95% CIOR95% CIp Value SP×year*OR95% CIOR95% CIOR95% CIOR95% CIp Value SP×year*
Maternal education, years schooling
 Never went to school111111
 1–41.06(0.75 to 1.50)1.13(0.77 to 1.65)0.89(0.62 to 1.28)1.05(0.74 to 1.50)1.15(0.86 to 1.53)1.22(0.93 to 1.61)
 5–101.29(0.96 to 1.74)1.14(0.81 to 1.61)1.04(0.67 to 1.60)1.18(0.78 to 1.77)1.27(0.90 to 1.80)1.07(0.76 to 1.51)
 11+1.35(0.77 to 2.39)1.12(0.69 to 1.80)1.19(0.79 to 1.79)0.96(0.66 to 1.40)
 p Value†0.2420.6470.8240.6610.8460.3950.5250.907
Household economic status
 Poorest111111
 Next poor1.03(0.81 to 1.32)1.35(1.04 to 1.76)0.94(0.71 to 1.26)0.95(0.70 to 1.28)0.98(0.73 to 1.33)0.82(0.57 to 1.16)
 Middle0.63(0.44 to 0.90)0.94(0.68 to 1.31)1.03(0.77 to 1.39)0.94(0.68 to 1.28)
 Next rich1.35(0.94 to 1.93)1.21(0.77 to 1.90)0.71(0.49 to 1.03)0.91(0.65 to 1.28)1.28(0.96 to 1.72)0.96(0.71 to 1.31)
 Rich0.85(0.57 to 1.26)1.23(0.77 to 1.98)0.53(0.36 to 0.79)0.69(0.49 to 0.97)1.02(0.75 to 1.37)0.64(0.47 to 0.87)
 p Value†0.2790.1440.2970.0040.2980.3720.0090.121
Maternal age, years
 <20111111
 20–241.6(1.05 to 2.46)1.36(0.72 to 2.59)1.33(0.96 to 1.84)1.53(1.10 to 2.12)1.22(0.93 to 1.59)1.96(1.43 to 2.68)
 25–291.34(0.86 to 2.09)1.98(1.04 to 3.77)1.95(1.39 to 2.74)2.03(1.45 to 2.85)1.67(1.27 to 2.20)3.38(2.47 to 4.63)
 30–341.17(0.73 to 1.89)1.29(0.65 to 2.53)1.53(0.95 to 2.46)2.23(1.45 to 3.43)2.05(1.41 to 2.96)4.90(3.38 to 7.10)
 35+1.5(0.94 to 2.41)1.11(0.56 to 2.20)1.24(0.64 to 2.40)2.17(1.25 to 3.79)2.59(1.59 to 4.20)3.28(1.97 to 5.45)
 p Value†0.1200.0080.0330.0020.0000.0000.0000.007
Gravidity
 First pregnancy111111
 Not first pregnancy1.22(0.89 to 1.66)1.33(0.94 to 1.89)1.59(1.21 to 2.07)1.85(1.21 to 2.07)1.66(1.34 to 2.06)2.54(2.02 to 3.21)
 p Value†0.2120.1120.7100.0010.0000.0000.0000.025
  • *Combined Wald test, to test if the effect of social position on attendance had changed statistically significantly over the years. †Combined Wald test for null hypothesis that overall effect of social position was equal to 1 (no effect).