Table 6 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
Characteristics | Baseline | Endline | P-value (Baseline vs Endline) | Endline | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All participants 5566 (%) | All participants (N = 2892) (%) | Suraj Intervention (N = 1105) (%) | CMW Intervention (N = 712) (%) | Control Arm (N = 1075) (%) | ||
Age of MWRA | ||||||
 15–19 years | 3.0 | 1.6 | <0.0001 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
 20–24 years | 19.0 | 18.9 | 0.9114 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 20.7 |
 25–29 years | 33.0 | 33.8 | 0.4589 | 34.8 | 27.1 | 37.2 |
 30–34 years | 27.0 | 25.3 | 0.0926 | 26.4 | 30.3 | 20.9 |
 35–39 years | 14.0 | 15.5 | 0.0632 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 14.6 |
 40–44 years | 3.0 | 4.2 | 0.0039 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
 45–49 years | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0593 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Mean age ± SD (median) years | 28.0 ± 5.5 (28) | 29.1 ± 5.6 (30) | <0.0001 | 28.8 ± 5.3 (28) | 29.9 ± 5.9 (30) | 28.8 ± 5.6 (28) |
Age at time of marriage (mean ± SD) | 20 ± 3.4 | 19.8 ± 3.3 | 0.009 | 20.3 ± 3.2 | 19.5 ± 3.5 | 19.6 ± 3.4 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
 Urdu | 7.0 | 5.5 | 0.0079 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
 Sindhi | 15.0 | 17.8 | 0.0009 | 23.6 | 0.3 | 23.4 |
 Punjabi | 29.0 | 26.5 | 0.0153 | 34.5 | 25.0 | 19.2 |
 Hindco | 22.0 | 19.1 | 0.0019 | 22.4 | 0.6 | 27.8 |
 Saraiki | 24.0 | 29.0 | <0.0001 | 7.3 | 71.3 | 23.3 |
 Others (Pashto, Kashmiri, Balochi) | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.0578 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
Education status of the MWRA | ||||||
 Illiterate | 55.9 | 48.0 | <0.0001 | 40.4 | 66.4 | 43.5 |
 Can read or write only/less than 1 class | 1.6 | 3.8 | <0.0001 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 3.4 |
 Primary (1 to 5) | 15.5 | 16.0 | 0.5485 | 17.9 | 10.7 | 17.7 |
 Middle (6 to 8) | 7.7 | 9.4 | 0.0071 | 11.2 | 6.2 | 9.7 |
 Matriculation and Higher | 19.3 | 22.8 | 0.0002 | 27.4 | 11.5 | 25.7 |
Employment status of the MWRA | ||||||
 Housewife | 93.1 | 90.4 | <0.0001 | 95.6 | 83.3 | 89.8 |
 Working | 6.9 | 9.6 | <0.0001 | 4.4 | 16.7 | 10.2 |
Employment status of Husbands | ||||||
 Unemployed | 4.6 | 2.9 | 0.0002 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
 Skilled Employment | 60.3 | 52.5 | <0.0001 | 63.2 | 37.6 | 52.1 |
 Unskilled Employment | 27.9 | 30.1 | 0.0338 | 22.8 | 43.6 | 28.6 |
 Agriculture/farming | 7.0 | 14.6 | <0.0001 | 10.2 | 18.8 | 16.4 |