Table 1 Caregiver characteristics at baseline, overall and by study arm
Overall (n = 1004) | RM only (n = 484) | RMV-ECD (n = 520) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) or median (IQR) | |||||
Caregiver age in years | Median (IQR) | 26 (22, 31) | 26 (22, 31) | 27 (22, 32) | 0.125 |
Caregiver sex | Female | 1001 (99.7) | 484 (100.0) | 517 (99.4) | 0.094 |
Relation to index child | Mother | 983 (97.9) | 479 (99.0) | 504 (96.9) | 0.052 |
Grandmother | 18 (1.8) | 5 (1.0) | 13 (2.5) | ||
Father | 3 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.6) | ||
Education | Not completed primary | 193 (19.2) | 97 (21.1) | 96 (18.5) | 0.146 |
Primary | 700 (68.9) | 343 (71.0) | 357 (68.8) | ||
Secondary / higher | 109 (10.9) | 43 (8.9) | 66 (12.7) | ||
Has partner (married, cohabiting) | 848 (84.5) | 417 (86.2) | 431 (82.9) | 0.153 | |
Partner education | None | 110 (13.0) | 56 (13.4) | 54 (12.5) | 0.048 |
Primary | 575 (67.8) | 295 (70.7) | 280 (65.0) | ||
Secondary/higher | 163 (19.2) | 66 (15.8) | 97 (22.5) | ||
No partner | 156 (−-) | 67 (−-) | 89 (−-) | ||
Household living situation | Nuclear family | 636 (63.3) | 301 (62.2) | 335 (64.4) | 0.463 |
Extended family | 368 (37.7) | 183 (37.8) | 185 (35.6) | ||
Number of children under 5 in household | 1 | 478 (47.6) | 201 (41.5) | 277 (53.3) | <.0001 |
2 | 405 (40.3) | 203 (41.9) | 202 (38.9) | ||
3+ | 121 (12.1) | 80 (16.5) | 41 (7.9) | ||
Household income source | Farming | 678 (67.7) | 358 (74.1) | 320 (61.7) | <.0001 |
Self-employ/informal (business, laborer) | 254 (25.3) | 99 (20.5) | 155 (29.9) | ||
Formal (professional) | 38 (3.8) | 14 (2.9) | 24 (4.6) | ||
No work | 32 (3.2) | 12 (2.5) | 20 (3.9) | ||
Missing | 2 (−-) | 1 (−-) | 1 (−-) | ||
Number of assets (bicycle, motorcycle, car/truck, animal plough, tractor/tiller, television, computer/tablet) | None | 235 (23.4) | 120 (24.8) | 115 (22.1) | 0.073 |
1–2 | 692 (68.9) | 319 (65.9) | 373 (71.7) | ||
3–7 | 77 (7.7) | 45 (9.3) | 32 (6.2) | ||