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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of study sample, by treatment arm (N = 934)

From: Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d’Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study

 

Overall N = 934a

VSLA Only (Control n = 421)a

VSLA Plus GDG (Treatment n = 513)a

p-valueb

Age in years

37.7 (s.d. = 11.5)

37.7 (s.d. =12.1)

37.7 (s.d. = 10.9)

0.96

Marital status

    

Married

767 (82.1)

342 (81.2)

425 (82.9)

 

Not married

167 (17.9)

79 (18.8)

88 (17.2)

 

Lives with partner

124 (13.3)

61 (14.5)

63 (12.3)

0.58

Does not live with partner

43 (4.6)

18 (4.3)

25 (4.9)

 

Women’s occupation

    

Farmer only

145 (15.5)

61 (14.5)

84 (16.4)

 

Small business owner only

425 (45.5)

194 (46.1)

231 (45.0)

0.08

Farmer and small business owner

308 (33.0)

132 (31.4)

176 (34.3)

 

Other

56 (6.0)

34 (8.1)

22 (4.3)

 

Ethnicity

    

Yacouba

585 (62.6)

275 (65.3)

310 (60.4)

 

Senoufo, Dioula, or Guere

140 (15.0)

63 (15.0)

77 (15.0)

0.19

Other

209 (22.4)

83 (19.7)

126 (24.6)

 

Educationc

    

None

657 (70.6)

288 (68.7)

369 (72.1)

 

Primary

212 (22.8)

97 (23.2)

115 (21.5)

0.24

Secondary and above

62 (6.7)

34 (8.1)

28 (5.5)

 

Religionc

    

Christian

409 (44.3)

176 (42.3)

233 (46.0)

 

Muslim

139 (15.1)

73 (17.6)

66 (13.0)

0.19

Traditional

161 (17.4)

67 (16.1)

94 (18.5)

 

Other/None

214 (23.2)

100 (24.0)

114 (22.5)

 

Number of pregnancies

    

0

29 (3.1)

9 (2.1)

20 (3.9)

 

1-3

220 (23.6)

111 (26.4)

109 (21.3)

0.07

≥4

685 (73.3)

301 (71.5)

384 (74.9)

 

Partner’s occupationc

    

Farming

729 (79.8)

318 (77.2)

411 (81.9)

0.08

Non-farming

185 (20.2)

94 (22.8)

91 (18.1)

 
  1. aColumn percentages.
  2. bP-value presented from chi-square or t-tests, where appropriate.
  3. cNumbers do not add to 934 due to missing data.