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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics

From: A family-oriented antenatal education program to improve birth preparedness and maternal-infant birth outcomes: A cross sectional evaluation study

 

Intervention group (n = 50)

Control group (n = 144)

p-value

 

Mean (SD)

n (%)

Mean (SD)

n (%)

 

Age

39.42 (15.83)

 

38.42 (15.53)

 

0.696

Gender

    

0.672

 Women

 

25 (50)

 

67 (46.5)

 

 Men

 

25 (50)

 

77 (53.5)

 

Marital status

    

0.487

 Married

 

41 (82)

 

109 (77.3)

 

 Not married

 

9 (18)

 

32 (22.7)

 

Number of children

2.23 (1.65)

 

2.65 (2.05)

 

0.241

Educational level

    

0.109

 Below secondary

 

48 (96)

 

126 (87.5)

 

 Secondary and above

 

2 (4)

 

18 (12.5)

 

Occupation

    

0.603

 Farmer/Engineer

 

45 (91.8)

 

125 (87.4)

 

 Housewife/student

 

4 (8.2)

 

18 (12.6)

 

Daily expense

    

0.328

  < 5000 Tanzanian Shillings

 

37 (74)

 

116 (80.6)

 

  ≥ 5000 Tanzanian Shillings

 

13 (26)

 

28 (19.4)

 

Household assets ownership

    

0.860

 Low (0–1)

 

33 (68.8)

 

95 (67.4)

 

 High (2+)

 

15 (31.3)

 

46 (32.6)

 

Birth in family within 12 months

     

 Women

 

25

 

67

0.186

  Herself

 

9 (36)

 

15 (22.4)

 

  Others

 

16 (64)

 

52 (77.6)

 

 Men

 

25

 

77

0.140

  Wife

 

10 (40)

 

19 (24.7)

 

  Others

 

15 (60)

 

58 (75.3)