Table 2 Characteristics of mothers who participated in household surveys at baseline, prior to intervention and 12Â months after the intervention
| Â | Baseline household survey T1 | Follow-up household survey T2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control N = 370 | Intervention N = 366 | Total N = 736 | Control N = 310 | Intervention N = 296 | Total N = 606 | |
Mother’s age (median, IQR) | 25.0 (21.0–30.0) | 24.0 (20.0–30.0) | 24 (21.0–30.0) | 23.0 (20.0–29.0) | 23.0 (20.0–28.0) | 23.0 (20.0–29.0) |
|  | p value = 0.63 |  | p value = 0.65 |  | ||
Youngest child’s age (months) (median, IQR) | 5.5 (2.5–8.6) | 5.2 (2.7–8.9) | 5.4 (2.6–8.7) | 6.1 (3.0–8.0) | 6.0 (2.8–8.8) | 6.0 (2.9–8.8) |
|  | p value = 0.80 |  | p value = 0.98 |  | ||
Education | ||||||
 None | 6 (1.6) | 8 (2.2) | 14 (1.9) | 5 (1.6) | 6 (2.1) | 11 (1.8) |
 Grade 1 to Grade 8 | 74 (20.1) | 82 (22.7) | 156 (21.3) | 49 (15.9) | 64 (22.1) | 113 (18.9) |
 Grade 9 to Grade 12 | 286 (77.5) | 267 (73.8) | 553 (75.7) | 240 (77.7) | 215 (74.1) | 455 (76.0) |
 Post-school qualification | 3 (0.81) | 5 (1.4) | 8 (1.1) | 15 (4.9) | 5 (1.7) | 20 (3.3) |
|  | p value = 0.65 |  | p value = 0.09 |  | ||
HIV serostatus | ||||||
 HIV-positive | 111 (30.0%) | 99 (27.1%) | 210 (28.5%) | 84 (27.1%) | 80 (27.0%) | 164 (27.1%) |
 HIV-negative | 257 (69.5%) | 260 (71.0%) | 517 (70.2%) | 218 (70.3%) | 200 (67.6%) | 418 (69.0%) |
 Do not know or refused to answer | 2 (0.54%) | 7 (1.9%) | 9 (1.2%) | 8 (2.6%) | 16 (5.4%) | 24 (4.0%) |
|  | p value = 0.89 |  | p value = 0.45 |  | ||
Employed | 32 (8.7) | 28 (7.8) | 60 (8.2) | 25 (8.1) | 22 (7.5) | 47 (7.8) |
|  | p value = 0.67 |  | p value = 0.83 |  | ||
Received child support grant | 281 (76.0) | 260 (71.4) | 541 (73.7) | 221 (71.8) | 192 (66.0) | 413 (69.0) |
|  | p value = 0.46 |  | p value = 0.17 |  | ||
Father of child alive | 360 (97.3) | 357 (97.8) | 717 (97.6) | 306 (99.4) | 288 (99.0) | 594 (99.2) |
|  | p value = 0.95 |  | p value = 0.43 |  | ||
Father of child lives in home (if alive) | 68 (18.9) | 86 (24.1) | 154 (21.5) | 48 (15.7) | 52 (18.1) | 100 (16.8) |
|  | p value = 0.13 |  | p value = 0.47 |  | ||
Adult household member died in past 12Â months | 50 (13.7) | 45 (12.5) | 95 (13.1) | 57 (18.5) | 53 (18.2) | 110 (18.4) |
|  | p value = 0.69 |  | p value = 0.96 |  | ||
Time to clinic (hours) (median, IQR) | 0.50 (0.33–1.0) | 0.50 (0.42–1.0) | 0.50 (0.42–1.0) | 0.50 (0.33–1.0) | 0.50 (0.46–1.0) | 0.50 (0.33–1.0) |
|  | p value = 0.33 |  | p value = 0.56 |  | ||
Cost of transport to clinic (South African rand) (median, IQR) | 5 (0–9) | 7 (0–9) | 6.9 (0–9) | 6 (0–10) | 6 (0–10) | 6 (0–10) |
|  | p value = 0.72 |  | p value = 0.54 |  | ||