Table 1 Baseline characteristics
From: Do improvements in infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices endure the test of time?
Treatment | Control | Balance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean/Proportion | SD | n | Mean/proportion | SD | Effect | Lower bound | Upper bound | |
Caregiver characteristics | |||||||||
Female = 1 | 618 | 0.998 | (0.04) | 607 | 0.998 | (0.04) | 0.000 | − 0.005 | 0.005 |
Age in years | 618 | 27.898 | (6.64) | 607 | 27.812 | (6.46) | 0.086 | − 0.648 | 0.820 |
Indigenous = 1 | 618 | 0.845 | (0.36) | 607 | 0.825 | (0.38) | 0.019 | − 0.022 | 0.061 |
Education in years | 618 | 8.816 | (3.96) | 607 | 9.227 | (3.72) | − 0.412* | − 0.843 | 0.019 |
Can read = 1 | 618 | 0.984 | (0.13) | 607 | 0.992 | (0.09) | − 0.008 | − 0.020 | 0.004 |
Worked in the past week = 1 | 618 | 0.296 | (0.46) | 607 | 0.280 | (0.45) | 0.016 | − 0.035 | 0.067 |
Married or with partner = 1 | 618 | 0.963 | (0.19) | 607 | 0.964 | (0.19) | − 0.001 | − 0.022 | 0.020 |
Biological parent of target child = 1 | 618 | 0.922 | (0.27) | 607 | 0.934 | (0.25) | − 0.012 | − 0.041 | 0.017 |
Household head or spouse of head = 1 | 618 | 0.934 | (0.25) | 607 | 0.929 | (0.26) | 0.004 | − 0.024 | 0.033 |
Spouse of caregiver characteristics | |||||||||
Female = 1 | 597 | 0.002 | (0.04) | 585 | 0.002 | (0.04) | − 0.000 | − 0.005 | 0.005 |
Age in years | 597 | 31.003 | (7.89) | 585 | 30.773 | (7.41) | 0.231 | − 0.643 | 1.105 |
Indigenous = 1 | 597 | 0.843 | (0.36) | 585 | 0.826 | (0.38) | 0.017 | − 0.026 | 0.059 |
Can read = 1 | 596 | 0.997 | (0.06) | 584 | 0.998 | (0.04) | − 0.002 | − 0.007 | 0.004 |
Education in years | 597 | 10.446 | (3.32) | 585 | 10.660 | (3.32) | − 0.214 | − 0.593 | 0.165 |
Worked in the past week = 1 | 597 | 0.958 | (0.20) | 585 | 0.957 | (0.20) | 0.001 | − 0.022 | 0.024 |
Target child characteristics | |||||||||
Female = 1 | 618 | 0.484 | (0.50) | 607 | 0.519 | (0.50) | − 0.035 | − 0.091 | 0.021 |
Age in months | 618 | 4.704 | (5.02) | 607 | 4.517 | (4.98) | 0.187 | − 0.374 | 0.747 |
Indigenous = 1 | 618 | 0.595 | (0.49) | 607 | 0.573 | (0.50) | 0.022 | − 0.033 | 0.077 |
Household characteristics | |||||||||
Household size | 618 | 4.822 | (1.69) | 607 | 4.789 | (1.73) | 0.033 | − 0.159 | 0.225 |
Number of rooms | 618 | 1.859 | (1.01) | 607 | 1.932 | (1.14) | − 0.073 | − 0.194 | 0.047 |
Monthly per-capita income (Bs) | 618 | 625.687 | (558.79) | 607 | 591.823 | (493.88) | 33.864 | − 25.224 | 92.953 |
Water = 1 | 618 | 0.243 | (0.43) | 607 | 0.257 | (0.44) | − 0.014 | − 0.063 | 0.034 |
Electricity = 1 | 618 | 0.997 | (0.06) | 607 | 0.997 | (0.06) | 0.000 | − 0.006 | 0.006 |
Home phone = 1 | 618 | 0.029 | (0.17) | 607 | 0.023 | (0.15) | 0.006 | − 0.012 | 0.024 |
Cellphone = 1 | 618 | 0.977 | (0.15) | 607 | 0.975 | (0.16) | 0.002 | − 0.015 | 0.019 |
Kitchen = 1 | 618 | 0.997 | (0.06) | 607 | 0.992 | (0.09) | 0.005 | − 0.003 | 0.013 |
Radio = 1 | 618 | 0.848 | (0.36) | 607 | 0.832 | (0.37) | 0.016 | − 0.025 | 0.057 |
Television = 1 | 618 | 0.972 | (0.16) | 607 | 0.974 | (0.16) | − 0.001 | − 0.019 | 0.017 |
Refrigerator = 1 | 618 | 0.191 | (0.39) | 607 | 0.189 | (0.39) | 0.001 | − 0.043 | 0.046 |
Vehicle = 1 | 618 | 0.254 | (0.44) | 607 | 0.269 | (0.44) | − 0.014 | − 0.064 | 0.035 |
Water pump = 1 | 618 | 0.002 | (0.04) | 607 | 0.003 | (0.06) | − 0.002 | − 0.007 | 0.004 |
Air conditioning = 1 | 618 | 0.000 | (0.00) | 607 | 0.002 | (0.04) | − 0.002 | − 0.005 | 0.002 |
Computer = 1 | 618 | 0.120 | (0.32) | 607 | 0.120 | (0.33) | − 0.001 | − 0.037 | 0.036 |
Bathroom or latrine = 1 | 618 | 0.872 | (0.33) | 607 | 0.852 | (0.36) | 0.020 | − 0.018 | 0.059 |
Sewerage connection = 1 | 618 | 0.346 | (0.48) | 607 | 0.376 | (0.48) | − 0.029 | − 0.083 | 0.025 |