|
Characteristics
|
Intervention group (%)
|
Control group (%)
|
χ2
|
P value*
|
|---|
|
Age groups (Yrs)
|
|
19–22
|
4 (9.5)
|
3 (10.0)
|
2.501
|
0.29
|
|
23–26
|
11 (26.3)
|
13 (43.3)
|
|
27 and above
|
27 (64.2)
|
14 (46.7)
|
|
Occupations of the women
|
|
Housewife
|
34 (81.0)
|
22 (73.3)
|
1.685
|
0.43
|
|
Farmer
|
8 (19.0)
|
7 (23.3)
|
|
Other
|
0 (0)
|
1 (3.3)
|
|
Education levels of the women
|
|
Up to grade 8
|
8 (19.0)
|
5 (16.7)
|
1.410
|
0.40
|
|
Pass GCE Ordinary Level
|
21 (50.0)
|
19 (63.3)
|
|
Pass GCE Advanced Level
|
13 (31.1)
|
6 (20.0)
|
|
Occupations of the husbands
|
|
Security forces/police
|
31 (73.8)
|
16 (53.3)
|
5.120
|
0.08
|
|
Farmers/carpenters
|
8 (19.0)
|
13 (43.3)
|
|
Government office workers/teachers
|
3 (7.2)
|
1 (3.4)
|
|
Total
|
42 (100.0)
|
30 (100.0)
|
- *Significance level ≤ 0.05
