Preintervention survey March–April 2010 | Postintervention survey October–November 2011 | |||
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Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | |
Respondents | 971 | 926 | 1188 | 1082 |
Total | 1897 | 2270 | ||
Number of under-5 children | 1214 | 1095 | 1567 | 1370 |
Twins (%) | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
Males (%) | 52.9 | 53.1 | 51.4 | 52.7 |
Child age (months) (%) | ||||
≤6 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 6.7 |
7–12 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 9.1 |
13–18 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 6.8 | 8.6 |
>18 | 71.7 | 71.3 | 82.0 | 75.6 |
Mean child age | 30.5 | 31.0 | 34.7 | 32.1 |
Age (years) (%) | ||||
≤19 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 |
20–24 | 32.6 | 30.0 | 28.8 | 29.7 |
25–29 | 33.3 | 34.3 | 34.5 | 34.0 |
30–34 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 20.5 | 20.2 |
≥35 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 13.5 | 11.8 |
Mean maternal age | 27.0 | 26.9 | 27.8 | 27.2 |
Religion (%) | ||||
Islam | 90.9 | 88.5 | 90.3 | 89.4 |
Education (%) | ||||
None or less than a year | 29.9 | 29.9 | 24.6 | 25.8 |
Primary | 30.7 | 38.2 | 30.7 | 41.2 |
Secondary and higher | 39.4 | 32.0 | 44.6 | 33.0 |
Literacy (%) | ||||
Can read (easily or with difficulty) | 66.3 | 65.0 | 72.0 | 69.1 |
Economic status | ||||
Mean number of assets owned per household | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 6.3 |