Sociodemographic characteristics of preintervention and postintervention study participants in Saheli chatbot community-based assessment
Preintervention | Postintervention | |||
n=619 | n=441 | |||
n | % | n | % | |
Age | ||||
Median (IQR) | 27 (25–30) | 27 (25–30) | ||
Min, max | 19, 62 | 18, 62 | ||
Educational attainment | ||||
No formal education | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 |
Vth standard or less | 4 | 0.7 | 7 | 1.6 |
Xth standard | 65 | 10.6 | 44 | 10.0 |
XIIth standard | 126 | 20.5 | 89 | 20.3 |
Graduation | 216 | 35.1 | 156 | 35.5 |
Postgraduation | 201 | 32.7 | 142 | 32.3 |
Frequency of reading information on WhatsApp group | ||||
Once a week | 543 | 93.8 | 397 | 93.0 |
A few times a month | 33 | 5.7 | 24 | 5.6 |
Once a month or less | 3 | 0.5 | 6 | 1.4 |
Pregnancy/breastfeeding status | ||||
Currently pregnant | 127 | 20.9 | 108 | 24.9 |
Currently breast feeding | 361 | 59.3 | 242 | 55.8 |
Neither pregnant nor breast feeding | 121 | 19.9 | 84 | 19.4 |