Baseline characteristics of enrolled children and their families
Baseline data shows that most of the children in both the groups (intervention 49.6% & control group 62.7%) belonged to the age group of 3.0 to 4.0 years and were females (intervention 53.5% & control group 61.1%). The majority of them belonged to poor socio-economic status (intervention 74.8% & control group 74.6%). A comparison of the sample characteristics of the intervention and control group showed the groups were similar in terms of age, gender, and type of family distribution (Table Baseline characteristics of enrolled children and their families