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Table 1 Socio Demographic Characteristics of Respondents at Baseline and End-Line

From: Effect of a communication intervention on alcohol use during pregnancy in post conflict Northern Uganda: a quasi experimental study

  

Group category

p-value

 

Control

Intervention

 

Baseline

15–20

54

29.0%

56

23.9%

 
 

21–25

57

30.6%

69

29.5%

 

Age

26–30

41

22.0%

64

27.4%

0.416

31–35

22

11.8%

35

15.0%

 

36–45

12

6.5%

10

4.3%

 

Endline

15–20

57

27.1%

56

26.7%

 

21–25

71

33.8%

61

29.0%

 
 

26–30

48

22.9%

52

24.8%

0.091

 

31–35

18

8.6%

33

15.7%

 
 

36–45

16

7.6%

8

3.8%

 
 

Baseline

No formal education

20

10.8%

23

9.8%

 
 

Primary

118

63.4%

119

50.9%

0.022

Highest Level of Education Attained

Secondary

32

17.2%

69

29.5%

 

Higher

16

8.6%

23

9.8%

 

Endline

No formal education

22

10.5%

16

7.6%

 

Primary

123

58.6%

121

57.6%

0.625

 

Secondary

49

23.3%

58

27.6%

 
 

Higher

16

7.6%

15

7.1%

 
 

Baseline

Married

56

30.1%

101

43.2%

 
 

Single/separated/divorced

11

5.9%

17

7.3%

< 0.001

Marital status

Cohabiting

119

64.0%

94

40.2%

 
 

Other

0

0.0%

22

9.4%

 
 

Endline

Married

63

30.0%

105

50.0%

 
 

Single/separated/divorced

28

13.3%

18

8.6%

< 0.001

 

Cohabiting

119

56.7%

87

41.4%

 
 

Other

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

 
 

Baseline

Rural

140

75.3%

103

44.0%

 
 

urban

43

23.1%

113

48.3%

< 0.001

Residence

Peri urban

3

1.6%

18

7.7%

 
 

Endline

Rural

143

68.1%

112

53.3%

 
 

urban

29

13.8%

72

34.3%

< 0.001

 

Peri urban

38

18.1%

26

12.4%

 
 

Baseline

Catholic

111

59.7%

141

60.3%

 
 

Protestant

47

25.3%

58

24.8%

 
 

Muslim

7

3.8%

7

3.0%

0.971

Religion

Pentecostal

21

11.3%

28

12.0%

 
 

Others

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

 

Occupation

Endline

Catholic

116

55.2%

121

57.6%

 

Protestant

61

29.0%

42

20.0%

 

Muslim

6

2.9%

3

1.4%

0.043

Pentecostal

27

12.9%

42

20.0%

 

Others

0

0.0%

2

1.0%

 

Baseline

Civil Servant

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

 

Farmer

104

55.9%

82

35.0%

 

Housewife

28

15.1%

57

24.4%

 

Retail business

21

11.3%

48

20.5%

` 0.001

Cross border trader

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

 

Fish folk

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

 

Other(specify)

33

17.7%

47

20.1%

 
 

Endline

Civil Servant

6

2.9%

7

3.3%

 
 

Farmer

72

34.3%

42

20.0%

 
 

Housewife

49

23.3%

60

28.6%

 
 

Retail business

35

16.7%

55

26.2%

0.016

 

Cross border trader

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

 
 

Fish folk

1

.5%

2

1.0%

 
 

Other(specify)

47

22.4%

44

21.0%

 
  1. Descriptive statistics were used to obtain numbers and percentages of respondents and their socio demographic characteristics. Slightly more than half of the respondents were catholic. Two thirds resided in rural areas. About a half had attained up to primary level education and about a third were aged between 21 to 25