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Table 2 Characteristics of ZaMS Intervention and Comparison Sites at Baseline and Endline, N = 1202

From: Exploring change over time in community mobilization domains: results from a maternity waiting home intervention in rural Zambia

 

ZaMS

n = 286(51.72%)

Comparison

n = 267(48.28%)

 

ZaMS

n = 366(56.39%)

Comparison

283(43.61%)

 

Comparing ZaMs Sites from baseline to endline

Comparing Comparison Sites from baseline to endline

Baseline

Endline

  

n(%)

n(%)

P-value

n(%)

n(%)

P-value

P-value

P-value

Group

  

0.35a

  

0.64a

0.17a

0.13a

Women with babies

91(31.82)

98(36.70)

 

117(31.97)

85(30.04)

   

Health workers

98(34.26)

92(34.46)

 

130(35.52)

96(33.92)

   

Community members

97(33.92)

77(28.84)

 

119(32.51)

102(36.04)

   

Age (in years), mean (SD)

36.16(12.8)

37.27(13.85)

0.33b

39.81(13.55)

39.23(12.82)

0.58b

< 0.001

0.09b

Sex*

  

0.29a

  

 

 Female

209(73.33)

185(69.29)

 

   

 Male

76(26.67)

82(30.71)

 

   

Time in the community (in years), mean (SD)

23(14)

27(18)

0.01b

28(16)

27(16)

0.58b

< 0.001b

0.74b

Marital status

  

0.01a

  

0.43

0.77a

0.003a

 Married

241(85.16)

243(92.05)

 

306(85.96)

231(83.7)

   

 Unmarried

42(14.84)

21(7.95)

 

50(14.04)

95(15.03)

   

Number of living children, mean (SD)

4.27(2.64)

4.47(2.63)

0.37b

4.7(2.42)

4.62(2.39)

0.48b

0.02b

0.49b

Level of education

  

0.006a

  

0.72a

0.19a

0.14a

 None

14(4.91)

13(5.00)

 

20(5.54)

12(4.33)

   

 Some or completed primary

110(38.60)

135(51.92)

 

163(45.15)

122(44.67)

   

 Some or completed secondary or tertiary

161(56.49)

112(43.08)

 

178(49.31)

143(51.62)

   
  1. aChi-square test used to compare proportions, bindependent t-test used to compare means, *sex only collected at baseline