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Table 1 Basic characteristics of participants of intervention and control groups at baseline

From: Impact of the village health center project on contraceptive behaviors in rural Jordan: a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences analysis

Variable

Intervention group

Control group

P-value

(N = 510)

(N = 509)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Age (mean [SD])

34.4

[7.86]

34.4

[8.18]

0.91a

Nationality

 Jordan

483

(94.7)

490

(96.3)

0.32b

 Syrian

26

(5.1)

17

(3.3)

 

 Others

1

(0.2)

2

(0.4)

 

Years of school attendance (years)

 No education

5

(1.2)

2

(0.9)

0.68b

 1–10

141

(27.4)

135

(29.8)

 

 11–12

219

(41.4)

225

(40.3)

 

 13+

145

(30.0)

146

(29.0)

 

Age at first marriage (mean [SD])

21.1

[4.32]

21.6

[4.80]

0.06a

Number of children (mean [SD])

3.5

[2.18]

3.4

[2.04]

0.28a

Years at current residence (mean [SD])

9.1

[7.89]

8.4

[7.70]

0.14a

Monthly household incomec (mean [SD])

380.3

[175.92]

382.2

[185.25]

0.87a

(Medium)

(350.0)

 

(350.0)

  
  1. SD standard deviation
  2. at-test
  3. bChi-square test
  4. cJordan dinar