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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of women enrolled in the Mothers Moving towards Empowerment trial

From: A pilot pragmatic trial of a “what matters most”-based intervention targeting intersectional stigma related to being pregnant and living with HIV in Botswana

Characteristic

Overall

Control

Intervention

p-value**

n

Mean (SD)/%*

Median

n

Mean (SD)/%*

Median

n

Mean (SD)/%*

Median

Number of women enrolled

59

100

15

25.4

44

74.6

Age

58

27.8 (6.1)

27

15

27.4 (6.8)

30

43

28 (5.9)

27

0.619

Family income (2018)***

31

5275.5 (7010.4)

2000

8

6062.5 (8064.2)

2500

23

5001.7 (6784)

2000

0.885

Number of people in household

56

4.0 (3.1)

3

15

4.1 (3.5)

3

41

4.0 (3.0)

3

0.713

Relationship status

         

0.017

 Currently in long-term relationship

20

33.9

 

9

60.0

 

11

25.0

  

 Not currently in long-term relationship

26

44.1

 

3

20.0

 

23

55.3

  

Sexual orientation

         

0.250

 Heterosexual/straight

51

86.4

 

12

80.0

 

39

88.6

  

 Bisexual

1

1.7

 

1

6.7

 

0

0.0

  

Education

         

0.354

 Completed high school

41

69.5

 

12

80.0

 

29

65.9

  

 Did not complete high school

18

30.5

 

3

20.0

 

15

34.1

  

Employment

         

0.756

 Employed

24

40.7

 

7

46.7

 

17

38.6

  

 Not employed

31

52.5

 

7

46.7

 

24

54.6

  

Financial strain

         

0.507

 Short of money 1 or more times/month

15

25.4

 

5

33.3

 

10

22.7

  

 Short of money less than once/month

42

71.2

 

10

66.7

 

32

72.7

  

Living situation

         

0.624

 Own or rent home/apartment

45

76.3

 

12

80.0

 

33

75.0

  

 Staying at home of family member(s)

9

15.3

 

3

20.0

 

6

13.6

  

 Staying at home of friend(s)/other

3

5.1

 

0

0.0

 

3

6.8

  
  1. *Percentages may not sum to 100 due to missing data; percentages were calculated with denominators of the total n for each group (i.e., 59 for overall, 15 for control, 44 for intervention)
  2. **Continuous p-values are based on the Wilcoxon Rank-sum test and exact probabilities. Categorical p-values are based on Fisher's exact test
  3. ***Documented in Botswana pula (BWP)