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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in intervention vs. control groups: Mean, standard deviation and sample size (N) for continuous variables, and percent and sample size (N) for categorical variables

From: Women’s circles as a culturally safe psychosocial intervention in Guatemalan indigenous communities: a community-led pilot randomised trial

 

Control

Intervention

P-value a

Maternal age, yrs

26.2 ± 6.5 (65/66)

26.2 ± 6.3 (79/81)

0.953

Parity, #

2.6 ± 1.9 (62/66)

2.5 ± 1.6 (80/81)

0.802

Ethnicity, self-reported

 Not indigenous

7.3% (4/55)

12.7% (9/71)

0.327

Mam

78.2% (43/55)

66.2% (47/71)

 

K’iche’

14.5% (8/55)

21.1% (15/71)

 

Reproductive status

 Infant 0 to 2 years old

75.8% (50/66)

82.7% (67/81)

0.298

 Pregnant

32.3% (21/65)

19.8% (16/81)

0.083

Marital status

 Married

47.0% (31/66)

39.5% (32/81)

0.218

 Informal union, living with partner

47.0% (31/66)

45.7% (37/81)

 

 Single/widowed

6.1% (4/66)

14.8% (12/81)

 

Formal schooling

 None

20.0% (11/55)

14.1% (10/71)

0.921

 Incomplete primary

34.5% (19/55)

42.3% (30/71)

 

 Complete primary

23.6% (13/55)

21.1% (15/71)

 

 Incomplete secondary

14.5% (8/55)

11.3% (8/71)

 

 Complete secondary

5.5% (3/55)

9.9% (7/71)

 

 Higher education

1.8% (1/55)

1.4% (1/71)

 

Profession

 Housewife

92.4% (61/66)

95.1% (77/81)

0.732

Living with...

 Mother

18.2% (12/66)

23.5% (19/81)

0.436

 Mother-in-law

33.3% (22/66)

32.1% (26/81)

0.874

 Partner

84.8% (56/66)

80.2% (65/81)

0.467

Economic security

 Economically insecure household

57.4% (31/54)

55.7% (39/70)

0.850

Household assets

 Electricity

7.3% (4/55)

14.1% (10/71)

0.228

 Refrigerator

20.0% (11/55)

26.8% (19/71)

0.377

 Computer

5.5% (3/55)

4.2% (3/71)

1.000

 Cellphone

12.7% (7/55)

16.9% (12/71)

0.619

 TV

58.2% (32/55)

57.7% (41/71)

0.961

 Separate room for children

32.7% (18/55)

28.2% (20/71)

0.580

 Motorcycle or bicycle

47.8% (11/55)

52.2% (12/71)

0.655

 Car or truck

25.5% (14/55)

46.5% (33/71)

0.016

 Toilet

96.4% (53/55)

98.6% (70/71)

0.580

 Faucet

87.3% (48/55)

87.3% (62/71)

0.993

Access to physical/emotional health provider

 No one

18.4% (9/49)

34.8% (23/66)

0.051

 Health worker

46.9% (23/49)

45.5% (30/66)

0.245

 Doctor or nurse

63.3% (31/49)

45.5% (30/66)

0.425

 Traditional healer

8.2% (4/49)

12.1% (8/66)

0.265

 Religious leaders

20.4% (10/49)

19.7% (13/66)

0.595

 Family

73.5% (36/49)

56.1% (37/66)

0.740

Infant nutritional status

 Stunting

61.2% (30/49)

56.7% (38/67)

0.349

 Wasting

8.2% (4/49)

1.5% (1/67)

0.161

  1. aP-value adjusted for multiple comparisons, significance level set at p < 0.001