| Study Group | |||
| Characteristic | Intervention (n = 2,280) | Comparison (n = 2,290) | P value |
| Age, mean (95% CI), y | 26.5 (25.4–27.6) | 26.6 (26.0–27.3) | .86 |
| Years of schooling, mean (95% CI) | |||
| Women | 4.5 (4.1–4.8) | 4.1 (3.6–4.5) | .11 |
| Husbands | 4.0 (3.4–4.6) | 4.0 (3.2–4.7) | .88 |
| Religion | |||
| Muslim | 94.5% | 91.4% | .40 |
| Hindu/other | 5.5% | 8.6% | |
| Parity, mean (95% CI) | 2.2 (2.0–2.3) | 2.2 (1.9–2.3) | .74 |
| Economic Status, % | |||
| Poorest | 18.6 | 22.6 | .10 |
| Poor | 16.8 | 22.8 | |
| Middle | 19.5 | 20.2 | |
| Rich | 22.6 | 17.2 | |
| Richest | 22.5 | 17.3 | |
| Ever used contraception, % | 18.0 | 21.1 | .51 |
| Fertility desires, % | |||
| Wants more children | 59.7 | 55.7 | .36 |
| Wants no more | 26.0 | 32.4 | |
| Undecided/up to God | 14.3 | 11.9 | |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval.
P values are adjusted for clustering effects. P values ≤ .05 were considered statistically significant.