Characteristics | Pre-intervention | Immediate post-intervention | 6- week follow-up | Box M p value | Wilk’s lambda | P value |
M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | ||||
Age | ||||||
15–19 | 24 (4.9) | 39 (3.53) | 39.8 (3.42) | 0.950 | 0.951 | 0.386 |
20–24 | 28.2 (5.15) | 42.8 (3.25) | 41.07 (3.57) | |||
25–29 | 28.9 (5.04) | 42.45 (3.74) | 40.56 (3.92) | |||
30–34 | 29.4 (5.05) | 42.83 (3.35) | 41.15 (4.10) | |||
35–39 | 31.4 (4.24) | 43.79 (2.26) | 41.7 (3.68) | |||
40–44 | 30.34 (5.5) | 43.34 (6.42) | 39.67 (3.05) | |||
Gravidity | ||||||
Primigravida | 28.31 (5.22) | 43.19 (3.53) | 41.70 (3.64) | 0.332 | 0.957 | 0.01 |
Multigravida | 29.38 (5.00) | 42.48 (3.38) | 40.54 (3.84) | |||
Parity | ||||||
Nullipara | 28.48 (5.19) | 43.02 (3.44) | 41.45 (3.75) | 0.255 | 0.962 | 0.221 |
Primipara | 28.87 (5.01) | 42.71 (3.45) | 40.6 (3.8) | |||
Multipara | 29.37 (4.6) | 42.19 (3.38) | 40.47 (4.05) | |||
Grand multipara | 30.42 (6.04) | 43 (3.66) | 40.95 (3.16) | |||
Gestational age | ||||||
1st trimester | 28.37 (4.9) | 43.67 (3.19) | 41 (4.69) | 0.426 | 0.966 | 0.26 |
2nd trimester | 29 (1.2) | 42.57 (3.47) | 40.93 (3.65) | |||
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 29.14 (4.98) | 42.81 (3.38) | 40.96 (3.81) | 0.627 | 0.992 | 0.407 |
Single | 26.87 (5.86) | 41.5 (4.04) | 40.5 (3.67) | |||
Woman’s educational status | ||||||
Junior and below | 27.7 (5.35) | 42.06 (3.7) | 40.24 (3.98) | 0.668 | 0.992 | 0.79 |
Secondary | 29.34 (4.87) | 42.86 (3.37) | 41.02 (3.84) | |||
College/university level | 29.67 (5.38) | 43.24 (3.29) | 41.74 (3.18) | |||
Husband’s educational level | ||||||
Junior and below | 29.4 (4.84) | 43.25 (2.6) | 41.56 (3.4) | 0.468 | 0.99 | 0.759 |
Secondary | 28.79 (4.78) | 42.61 (3.54) | 40.67 (3.99) | |||
College/university level | 30.17 (5.73) | 43.0 (3.47) | 41.3 (3.52) | |||
Occupation | ||||||
Housewife | 28.59 (4.74) | 42.43 (3.44) | 40.59 (3.8) | 0.551 | 0.984 | 0.75 |
Government employee | 30.81 (5.6) | 43.94 (2.95) | 42.19 (3.03) | |||
Private employee | 29.14 (5.46) | 42.86 (3.35) | 41.54 (4.27) | |||
Unemployed | 28.75 (8.43) | 42.5 (6.46) | 38.5 (2.52) | |||
Number of ANC visits | ||||||
One | 28.19 (5.02) | 42.56 (3.38) | 41.05 (3.58) | 0.821 | 0.937 | 0.133 |
Two | 29.14 (4.78) | 42.37 (3.59) | 40.62 (4.11) | |||
Three | 30.09 (5.4) | 43.06 (3.12) | 41.15 (4.11) | |||
Four or more | 31.5 (4.94) | 44.05 (3.79) | 40.8 (3.91) |
ANC, antenatal care.