Table 2 Socio-demographic data of study participants in the experimental and control groups
| Experimental group | Control group | Sig | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Socio-demographic data of mothers | |||||
| Age | |||||
| < 20 | 6 | 14.3 | 6 | 13.6 |
p = 0.553 × 2 = 3.029 df = 4 |
| 21–25 | 17 | 40.5 | 16 | 36.4 | |
| 26–30 | 11 | 26.2 | 12 | 27.3 | |
| 31–35 | 6 | 14.3 | 10 | 22.7 | |
| > 36 | 2 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Education | |||||
| Not schooled | 35 | 83.3 | 34 | 77.3 |
p = 0.778 × 2 = 0.502 df = 2 |
| Grade 1–5 | 5 | 11.9 | 7 | 15.9 | |
| Grade 6–11 | 2 | 4.8 | 3 | 6.8 | |
| Occupation | |||||
| Fortune telling | 27 | 64.3 | 31 | 70.5 |
p = 0.779 × 2 = 1.765 df = 4 |
| Selling incense sticks | 9 | 21.4 | 8 | 18.2 | |
| Selling books in buses | 3 | 7.1 | 4 | 9.1 | |
| Other | 2 | 4.8 | 1 | 2.3 | |
| No job | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Thelingu | 37 | 88.1 | 38 | 86.4 |
p = 0.810 × 2 = 0.058 df = 1 |
| Sinhala | 5 | 11.9 | 6 | 13.6 | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Religion | |||||
| Christianity | 37 | 88.1 | 40 | 90.9 |
p = 0.670 × 2 = 0.182 df = 1 |
| Buddhism | 5 | 11.9 | 4 | 9.1 | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monthly income of household | |||||
| < 5000 | 35 | 83.3 | 33 | 75 |
p = 0.652 × 2 = 1.632 df = 3 |
| 5000–10,000 | 6 | 14.3 | 8 | 18.2 | |
| 10,000–20,000 | 1 | 2.4 | 2 | 4.5 | |
| 20,000–30,000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 | |
| > 30,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| No. of children | |||||
| < 2 | 20 | 47.6 | 19 | 43.2 |
p = 0.171 × 2 = 0.918 df = 2 |
| 3–4 | 14 | 33.3 | 16 | 36.4 | |
| > 5 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 20.5 | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 24 | 57.1 | 28 | 63.6 |
p = 0.546 × 2 = 4.025 df = 5 |
| Unmarried | 2 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Divorced | 1 | 2.4 | 2 | 4.5 | |
| Widowed | 1 | 2.4 | 3 | 6.8 | |
| Separated | 12 | 28.6 | 9 | 20.5 | |
| Remarried | 2 | 4.8 | 2 | 4.5 | |