Maternal participation in a nutrition education program in Uganda is associated with improved infant and young child feeding practices and feeding knowledge: a post-program comparison study

Table 1 Demographic information of study participants, according to study group^a

	Post-Program N = 61	Comparison N = 61	P-value (2-tail)
Child age in months (mean ± SE)	26.8 ± 1.6	23.4 ± 1.9	0.184
Percent underweight, Weight-for-age Z-score < −2 ^b	44 (72%)	24 (39%)	< 0.001^c
Percent male	34 (56%)	33 (55%)	0.856
Percent with living father	58 (95%)	54 (86%)	0.088
Percent with father present in the home	26 (42%)	49 (80%)	< 0.001^c
Highest Paternal Education (mean ± SE)	6.9 (0.4)	6.0 (0.6)	0.236
None or some primary	38 (62%)	37 (61%)	0.852
Some secondary or higher	23(38%)	24 (39%)	0.464
Percent with living mother	59 (97%)	59 (97%)	1.000
Percent with mother or grandmother present in the home	58 (95%)	55 (90%)	0.299
Highest Maternal Education (mean years ± SE)	3.0 ± 0.4	3.6 ± 0.4	0.290
None	23 (38%)	24 (39%)	0.852
Some primary	34 (56%)	32 (52%)	0.716
Some secondary or higher	4 (6%)	5 (9%)	1.000
Building Materials
Percent with tin roof	9 (15%)	10 (16%)	0.803
Percent with mud walls, no cement or bricks	54 (89%)	55 (90%)	0.769
Number of birth children (mean ± SE)	4.2 ± 0.3	3.8 ± 0.3	0.257
Caregiver marital status
Married, monogamous	25 (41%)	45 (73.8%)	0.003^c
Married, polygamous	29 (48%)	12 (20%)	0.001^c
Separated, divorced, or widowed	7 (11%)	4 (6.6%)	0.093

^aStudy sample includes n= 61 maternal-child dyads in the Post-Program and n=61 maternal-child dyads in the Community Comparison group, N=122
^bWeight-for-age Z-score calculated according to the 2006 World Health Organization Multicenter Growth Reference Study
^cResult was significant, p < 0.05

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