Table 1 Distribution of baseline characteristics of study participants
Control Group | Intervention Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|
(n= 183) | (n= 183) | p-value | |
Age at enrollment (mean days) | 22.4 | 25.7 | 0.01 |
Male child (%) | 50.3 | 44.8 | 0.30 |
Child was immunized at enrollment | 76.4 | 77.1 | 0.88 |
Age of mother (mean years) | 25.1 | 25.9 | 0.17 |
Education of mother | 0.07 | ||
No formal education (%) | 74.9 | 66.1 | |
Primary (%) | 12.0 | 20.8 | |
Middle and above (%) | 13.1 | 13.1 | |
Occupation of mother | 0.56 | ||
Housewife (%) | 98.9 | 99.5 | |
Other professions (%) | 1.1 | 0.5 | |
Education of father | 0.09 | ||
No formal education (%) | 54.6 | 53.6 | |
Primary (%) | 20.8 | 13.7 | |
Middle and above (%) | 24.6 | 32.8 | |
Occupation of father | 0.54 | ||
Fishermen (%) | 33.9 | 27.9 | |
Laborer (%) | 20.2 | 22.4 | |
Businessman (%) | 13.7 | 10.9 | |
Private job (%) | 24.0 | 30.1 | |
Other profession (%) | 8.2 | 8.7 | |
Ownership of house | 0.80 | ||
Own (%) | 79.2 | 80.3 | |
Rented (%) | 20.8 | 19.7 | |
Construction material of house | 0.79 | ||
Wooden structure or other (%) | 6.6 | 5.5 | |
Tin (%) | 21.3 | 25.1 | |
Concrete cement (%) | 62.8 | 61.7 | |
Cement (%) | 9.3 | 7.7 | |
Cooking fuel used in house | 0.10 | ||
Wood or other (%) | 20.8 | 14.2 | |
Natural gas (%) | 79.2 | 85.8 | |
Place of birth | 0.52 | ||
Home or other (%) | 59.0 | 62.3 | |
Hospital (%) | 41.0 | 37.7 | |
Mother knows about the impact of immunization on child's health | 0.40 | ||
Don't know (%) | 18.6 | 15.3 | |
It prevents serious illness (%) | 81.4 | 84.7 | |
Mother knows where the nearest local immunization center is | 0.34 | ||
No (%) | 8.7 | 7.7 | |
Yes (%) | 91.3 | 92.3 |