Table 1 |
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Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of the respondent families |
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Variable |
Intervention (n = 50) |
Control (n = 68) |
P-value |
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Mean (SD) age of respondent 1 |
27.58 (6.76) |
28.82 (7.61) |
0.36 |
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Mean (SD) age of study child 1 |
3.49 (0.96) |
3.64 (0.84) |
0.37 |
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Respondent gender: Female 2 |
50 (100%) |
65 (95.6%) |
0.26 |
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Child gender: Female3 |
27 (54%) |
31 (45.6%) |
0.37 |
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Hindu religion 2 |
46 (92%) |
58 (85.3%) |
0.39 |
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Mean (SD) years of education (respondent) 4 |
6.22 (3.05) |
5.35 (3.63) |
0.22 |
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Mean (SD) years of education (head of the household) 1 |
6.56 (3.98) |
6.74 (3.32) |
0.80 |
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Nuclear family 3 |
27 (54%) |
34 (50%) |
0.67 |
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Housewives(only for female respondents) 2 |
37 (74%) |
39 (60%) |
0.12 |
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Low SES 2 |
24 (48%) |
27 (39.7%) |
0.37 |
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Mean (SD) number of family members 1 |
5.12 (1.53) |
5.62 (2.18) |
0.17 |
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1. Comparison using t-test 2. Comparison using Fisher's exact test 3. Comparison using χ2 test 4. Comparison using Mann-Whitney U test |
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Sarkar et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2010 11:8 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-11-8 |
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