Results
Table 1 presents the descriptive statistics of the study sample. About
64% of respondents were between 20-34 years at baseline while 71% were
within the same group at endline. Almost 92% of respondents were
married at baseline as well as endline. On educational attainment, as
high as 73% of respondents had no formal education at baseline while
63% had no formal education at endline. Only 3% and 9% had up to
secondary or above at baseline and endline surveys respectively. The
proportion of respondents affiliated to the Christian religion increase
from 51% at baseline to 57% at endline while African traditional
religion reduced from about 20% at baseline to 12% at endline. For
each survey period, the distribution of most variables was similar
between intervention and comparison districts.