Table 1 Comparison of background characteristics between the propensity score matched users and non-users of Aponjon services
Characteristics | Mothers of infants ≤6 months of age | Mothers of infants > 6 to12 months of age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of users (%) | Number of non users (%) | p-value | Number of users (%) | Number of non users (%) | p-value | |
Study areas | ||||||
Bhasantek slum in Dhaka | 2 (0.8%) | 4 (1.1%) | 0.48 | 4 (1.2%) | 4 (0.9%) | 0.18 |
Urban Brahmanbaria | 33 (13.6%) | 67 (18.2%) | 40 (12.1%) | 80 (17.6%) | ||
Rural Brahmanbaria | 201 (82.7%) | 287 (77.8%) | 283 (85.2%) | 362 (79.7%) | ||
Matlab field site of icddr,b | 7 (2.9%) | 11 (2.9%) | 5 (1.5%) | 8 (1.8%) | ||
Mother’s age | ||||||
< 19 years | 35 (14.4%) | 57 (15.5%) | 0.98 | 41 (12.4%) | 65 (14.3%) | 0.63 |
20–24 years | 84 (34.6%) | 125 (33.9%) | 122 (36.8%) | 169 (37.2%) | ||
25–29 years | 73 (30.0%) | 113 (30.6%) | 108 (32.5%) | 130 (28.6%) | ||
30 years and above | 51 (21.0%) | 74 (20.1%) | 61 (18.4%) | 90 (19.8%) | ||
Mother’s education | ||||||
Incomplete primary | 35 (14.4%) | 55 (14.9%) | 0.98 | 40 (12.1%) | 64 (14.1%) | 0.55 |
Primary | 69 (28.4%) | 109 (29.5%) | 105 (31.6%) | 153 (33.7%) | ||
Secondary | 86 (35.4%) | 128 (34.7%) | 113 (34.0%) | 152 (33.5%) | ||
Higher | 53 (21.8%) | 77 (20.9%) | 74 (22.3%) | 85 (18.7%) | ||
Father’s education | ||||||
Incomplete primary | 62 (25.5%) | 103 (27.9%) | 0.89 | 71 (21.4%) | 96 (21.2%) | 0.99 |
Primary | 54 (22.2%) | 75 (20.3%) | 105 (31.6%) | 149 (32.8%) | ||
Secondary | 75 (30.9%) | 111 (30.1%) | 79 (23.8%) | 105 (23.1%) | ||
Higher | 52 (21.4%) | 80 (21.7%) | 77 (23.2%) | 104 (22.9%) | ||
Household asset quintiles | ||||||
Lowest | 26 (10.7%) | 39 (10.6%) | 0.56 | 26 (7.8%) | 46 (10.1%) | 0.48 |
Second | 42 (17.3%) | 68 (18.4%) | 65 (19.6%) | 87 (19.2%) | ||
Middle | 49 (20.2%) | 93 (25.2%) | 69 (20.8%) | 87 (19.2%) | ||
Fourth | 58 (23.9%) | 82 (22.2%) | 83 (25.0%) | 130 (28.6%) | ||
Highest | 68 (27.9%) | 87 (23.6%) | 89 (26.8%) | 104 (22.9%) | ||
Ownership of mobile phone | ||||||
Used others’ phone | 74 (30.5%) | 141 (38.2%) | 0.05 | 81 (24.4%) | 173 (38.1%) | 0.00 |
Had own phone | 169 (69.6%) | 228 (61.8%) | 251 (75.6%) | 281 (61.9%) | ||
Exposure to mass media | ||||||
No exposure | 76 (31.3%) | 126 (34.15%) | 0.65 | 100 (30.1%) | 162 (35.7%) | 0.26 |
Exposure to 1 form of media | 133 (54.7%) | 199 (53.9%) | 187 (56.3%) | 234 (51.5%) | ||
Exposure to ≥2 forms of media | 34 (13.9%) | 44 (11.9%) | 45 (13.6%) | 58 (12.8%) | ||