Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of preintervention and postintervention study participants in Saheli chatbot community-based assessment

PreinterventionPostintervention
n=619n=441
n%n%
Age
 Median (IQR)27 (25–30)27 (25–30)
 Min, max19, 6218, 62
Educational attainment
 No formal education30.510.2
 Vth standard or less40.771.6
 Xth standard6510.64410.0
 XIIth standard12620.58920.3
 Graduation21635.115635.5
 Postgraduation20132.714232.3
Frequency of reading information on WhatsApp group
 Once a week54393.839793.0
 A few times a month335.7245.6
 Once a month or less30.561.4
Pregnancy/breastfeeding status
 Currently pregnant12720.910824.9
 Currently breast feeding36159.324255.8
 Neither pregnant nor breast feeding12119.98419.4