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Table 2 Basic characteristics of participants of intervention and control groups at endline

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 = 508)

(N = 534)

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

 

Age (mean [SD])

34.5

[7.97]

34.4

[8.62]

0.79a

Nationality

 Jordan

482

(94.9)

507

(94.9)

0.24b

 Syrian

25

(4.9)

22

(4.1)

 

 Others

1

(0.2)

5

(0.9)

 

Schooling (years)

     

 No education

6

(1.2)

5

(0.9)

0.84b

 1–10

139

(27.4)

159

(29.8)

 

 11–12

210

(41.4)

215

(40.3)

 

 13+

152

(30.0)

155

(29.0)

 

Age at first marriage (mean [SD])

21.0

[4.35]

21.2

[4.46]

0.44a

Number of children (mean [SD])

3.5

[2.13]

3.3

[1.96]

0.08a

Years at current residence (mean [SD])

9.2

[7.89]

9.4

[8.05]

0.72a

Monthly household incomec (mean [SD])

391.8

[204.31]

374.8

[177.73]

0.16a

(Medium)

(350.0)

 

(350.0)

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