| Control | Intervention | Total |  | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | N | % | N | % | N | % | P-Value |
Mother’s age in years | |||||||
 14–20 | 51 | 25.5 | 51 | 21.8 | 102 | 23.5 |  |
 21–24 | 63 | 31.5 | 76 | 32.5 | 139 | 32 | 0.833 |
 25–29 | 58 | 29 | 71 | 30.3 | 129 | 29.7 |  |
 30–45 | 28 | 14 | 36 | 15.4 | 64 | 14.7 |  |
Mother’s marital status | |||||||
 Married | 165 | 81.7 | 187 | 80.3 | 352 | 80.9 |  |
 Not married | 37 | 18.3 | 46 | 19.7 | 83 | 19.1 | 0.706 |
Mother’s highest completed education level | |||||||
 Less than Primary | 43 | 21.4 | 40 | 17.4 | 83 | 19.3 |  |
 Primary School | 116 | 57.7 | 143 | 62.2 | 259 | 60.1 | 0.533 |
 Secondary+ | 42 | 20.9 | 47 | 20.4 | 89 | 20.6 |  |
Mother’s religion | |||||||
 Christian | 174 | 85.7 | 213 | 88 | 387 | 87 |  |
 Muslim/Other | 29 | 14.3 | 29 | 12 | 58 | 13 | 0.472 |
Mother’s occupation | |||||||
 Business/ self-employment | 29 | 14.4 | 30 | 13 | 59 | 13.7 |  |
 Informal employment | 24 | 11.9 | 21 | 9.1 | 45 | 10.4 | 0.648 |
 Formal employment | 11 | 5.5 | 17 | 7.4 | 28 | 6.5 |  |
 Unemployed | 137 | 68.2 | 162 | 70.4 | 299 | 69.4 |  |
Mother’s ethnicity | |||||||
 Kikuyu | 42 | 20.7 | 45 | 18.6 | 87 | 19.6 |  |
 Luhya | 35 | 17.2 | 39 | 16.1 | 74 | 16.6 |  |
 Luo | 20 | 9.9 | 32 | 13.2 | 52 | 11.7 | 0.677 |
 Kamba | 23 | 11.3 | 36 | 14.9 | 59 | 13.3 |  |
 Other groups | 28 | 13.8 | 34 | 14 | 62 | 13.9 |  |
 Missing | 55 | 27.1 | 56 | 23.1 | 111 | 24.9 |  |
Mother’s parity | |||||||
 Null | 59 | 29.1 | 91 | 37.6 | 150 | 33.7 |  |
 One | 77 | 37.9 | 66 | 27.3 | 143 | 32.1 | 0.04 |
 Two+ | 67 | 33 | 85 | 35.1 | 152 | 34.2 |  |
Household wealth status | |||||||
 Lowest | 53 | 26.1 | 56 | 23.1 | 109 | 24.5 |  |
 Middle | 47 | 23.2 | 50 | 20.7 | 97 | 21.8 | 0.079 |
 Highest | 38 | 18.7 | 71 | 29.3 | 109 | 24.5 |  |
 Missing | 65 | 32 | 65 | 26.9 | 130 | 29.2 |  |
Household food security status | |||||||
 Food secure | 35 | 21.9 | 38 | 21.1 | 73 | 21.5 |  |
 Moderate Food Insecure | 58 | 36.3 | 86 | 47.8 | 144 | 42.4 | 0.067 |
 Severely Food insecure | 67 | 41.9 | 56 | 31.1 | 123 | 36.2 |  |
Mother knowledgeable on EBF at baselinea | |||||||
 No | 64 | 32.7 | 78 | 34.7 | 142 | 33.7 | 0.663 |
 Yes | 132 | 67.3 | 147 | 65.3 | 279 | 66.3 |  |