Table 1 Baseline characteristics of individual participants
| Â | Overall | Treatment status | Intervention arms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totala | Control | Intervention (Arms 1–3 combined) | Arm 1—home visits only | Arm 2—group sessions only | Arm 3—home visits and group sessions | |
N (adolescent wives) | 1099 | 275 | 824 | 289 | 261 | 274 |
Wife age (years), mean (SD) | 17.3 (1.5) | 17.4 (1.5) | 17.3 (1.6) | 17.4 (1.5) | 17.0 (1.7) | 17.4 (1.5) |
Wife age at marriage (years), mean (SD) | 14.2 (1.9) | 14.3 (2.0) | 14.1 (1.9) | 14.2 (1.7) | 13.8 (2.0) | 14.3 (1.9) |
Husband age (years), mean (SD) | 25.6 (5.3) | 25.4 (5.4) | 25.6 (5.3) | 25.6 (5.3) | 26.4 (5.5) | 24.9 (5.0) |
Couple age difference (Husband–Wife), mean (SD) | 8.3 (5.0) | 8.0 (5.1) | 8.4 (5.0) | 8.2 (4.9) | 9.4 (5.2) | 7.5 (4.7) |
Wife education | ||||||
 Any modern | 386 (35.1%) | 84 (30.5%) | 302 (36.7%) | 92 (31.8%) | 107 (41.0%) | 103 (37.6%) |
 Quranic only | 178 (16.2%) | 54 (19.6%) | 124 (15.0%) | 7 (2.4%) | 86 (33.0%) | 31 (11.3%) |
 No schooling | 524 (47.7%) | 134 (48.7%) | 390 (47.3%) | 188 (65.1%) | 66 (25.3%) | 136 (49.6%) |
 Missing | 11 (1.0%) | 3 (1.1%) | 8 (1.0%) | 2 (0.7%) | 2 (0.8%) | 4 (1.5%) |
Husband education | ||||||
 Any modern | 517 (47.0%) | 110 (40.0%) | 407 (49.4%) | 148 (51.2%) | 133 (51.0%) | 126 (46.0%) |
 Quranic only | 219 (19.9%) | 63 (22.9%) | 156 (18.9%) | 25 (8.7%) | 78 (29.9%) | 53 (19.3%) |
 No schooling | 325 (29.6%) | 94 (34.2%) | 231 (28.0%) | 108 (37.4%) | 40 (15.3%) | 83 (30.3%) |
 Missing | 38 (3.5%) | 8 (2.9%) | 30 (3.6%) | 8 (2.8%) | 10 (3.8%) | 12 (4.4%) |
Wife parity | ||||||
 None | 438 (39.9%) | 111 (40.4%) | 327 (39.7%) | 112 (38.8%) | 101 (38.7%) | 114 (41.6%) |
 1 birth | 367 (33.4%) | 95 (34.5%) | 272 (33.0%) | 91 (31.5%) | 99 (37.9%) | 82 (29.9%) |
 2 or more births | 287 (26.1%) | 68 (24.7%) | 219 (26.6%) | 85 (29.4%) | 59 (22.6%) | 75 (27.4%) |
 Missing | 7 (0.6%) | 1 (0.4%) | 6 (0.7%) | 1 (0.3%) | 2 (0.8%) | 3 (1.1%) |
Husband monogamous or polygamous | ||||||
 Monogamous | 922 (83.9%) | 239 (86.9%) | 683 (82.9%) | 232 (80.3%) | 219 (83.9%) | 232 (84.7%) |
 Polygamous | 145 (13.2%) | 29 (10.5%) | 116 (14.1%) | 49 (17.0%) | 33 (12.6%) | 34 (12.4%) |
 Missing | 32 (2.9%) | 7 (2.5%) | 25 (3.0%) | 8 (2.8%) | 9 (3.4%) | 8 (2.9%) |
Wife spent > 3mos away from village last year | ||||||
 No | 1031 (93.8%) | 257 (93.5%) | 774 (93.9%) | 276 (95.5%) | 245 (93.9%) | 253 (92.3%) |
 Yes | 61 (5.6%) | 14 (5.1%) | 47 (5.7%) | 13 (4.5%) | 15 (5.7%) | 19 (6.9%) |
 Missing | 7 (0.6%) | 4 (1.5%) | 3 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 2 (0.7%) |
Husband spent > 3mos away from village last year | ||||||
 No | 324 (29.5%) | 68 (24.7%) | 256 (31.1%) | 71 (24.6%) | 108 (41.4%) | 77 (28.1%) |
 Yes | 738 (67.2%) | 198 (72.0%) | 540 (65.5%) | 210 (72.7%) | 143 (54.8%) | 187 (68.2%) |
 Missing | 37 (3.4%) | 9 (3.3%) | 28 (3.4%) | 8 (2.8%) | 10 (3.8%) | 10 (3.6%) |
Household assets, mean (SD) | 2.1 (1.2) | 2.2 (1.1) | 2.0 (1.2) | 1.9 (1.1) | 2.1 (1.2) | 2.0 (1.2) |