Table 5

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

2nd Bangladesh trial
1st Bangladesh trialYear 1Year 2Year 3
OR95% CIOR95% CIOR95% CIOR95% CIp Value SP×year*
Maternal education, years schooling
 Never went to school1111
 1–41.07(0.86 to 1.32)1.08(0.91 to 1.29)0.95(0.80 to 1.13)1.12(0.86 to 1.45)
 5–100.69(0.54 to 0.89)0.74(0.62 to 0.88)0.76(0.64 to 0.90)0.74(0.57 to 0.96)
 11+0.79(0.44 to 1.44)0.26(0.16 to 0.44)0.39(0.25 to 0.60)0.31(0.15 to 0.62)
 p Value†0.0040.0000.0000.0000.516
Household economic status
 Poorest1111
 Next poor0.9(0.67 to 1.20)0.76(0.62 to 0.92)0.86(0.71 to 1.03)0.8(0.59 to 1.07)
 Middle0.86(0.63 to 1.16)0.76(0.63 to 0.92)0.95(0.78 to 1.15)0.73(0.53 to 1.02)
 Next rich0.93(0.69 to 1.26)0.67(0.55 to 0.81)0.84(0.69 to 1.01)0.9(0.66 to 1.22)
 Rich0.72(0.51 to 1.02)0.54(0.44 to 0.67)0.58(0.47 to 0.72)0.53(0.37 to 0.75)
 p Value†0.4060.0000.0000.0030.426
Maternal age, years
 <201111
 20–241.04(0.78 to 1.39)1.2(0.98 to 1.47)1.37(1.13 to 1.67)1.24(0.94 to 1.65)
 25–291.52(1.14 to 2.03)1.57(1.27 to 1.94)1.81(1.48 to 2.21)1.34(1.00 to 1.80)
 30–341.39(0.98 to 1.98)1.58(1.23 to 2.02)1.85(1.46 to 2.34)1.78(1.26 to 2.51)
 35+1.2(0.77 to 1.85)1.61(1.16 to 2.23)1.66(1.22 to 2.25)1.29(0.82 to 2.03)
 p Value†0.0050.0000.0000.0250.702
Gravidity
 First pregnancy1111
 Not first pregnancy1.75(1.40 to 2.17)1.74(1.47 to 1.95)1.92(1.67 to 2.21)1.63(1.33 to 2.00)
 p Value†0.0000.0000.0000.0000.377
  • *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).