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Table 2 Baseline comparison for SES and other variables among two groups

From: Impact of micronutrient fortification of yoghurt on micronutrient status markers and growth – a randomized double blind controlled trial among school children in Bangladesh

 

Fortified yoghurt

Non fortified yoghurt

 

(n = 501)

(n = 509)

Gender

  

Boys

42.2

43.1

Type of house

  

Kacha

72.0

76.4

Pucca

10.1

9.5

Kacha-Pucca

17.9

14.1

Own House

96.2

92.5

Family Type

  

Nuclear

92.8

94.0

Mother age

31.6 ± 6.4

31.3 ± 5.9

(mean ± SD)

  

Mother Education

  

Illiterate

24.6

23.6

Primary

42.2

42.8

Secondary

24.6

22.7

College

8.7

10.9

Father Education

  

Illiterate

26.6

26.1

Primary

35.5

39.4

Secondary

18.8

15.5

College

18.5

17.8

Mother employment

  

Homemaker

94.2

93.7

Father employment

  

Business

32.9

37.6

Farming

28.0

24.7

Father income (inRupees)

  

No Income

0.3

0.9

1000-2000

26.9

27.3

3000-5000

55.2

53.2

6000-10000

10.1

10.1

>10000

6.9

7.5

  1. All values are in percentages unless specified.