Table 1.
Characteristics of Index Infants and Household Members at Enrollment
| Index infants and household members, n | 342 |
| Index infants | 100 |
| Mothers | 100 |
| Fathers | 49 |
| Siblings | 60 |
| Grandmothers | 15 |
| Aunts | 10 |
| Uncles | 2 |
| Cousins | 6 |
| Age of index infants at enrollment, mean (SD), d | 226.8 (26.7) |
| Female index infants, % | 46 |
| Index infants’ height-for-age adjusted z score at enrollment, mean (SD) | −1.15 (1.16) |
| Index infants” weight-for-age adjusted z score at enrollment, mean (SD) | −0.74 (1.03) |
| No. of individuals per household, median (IQR) | 5 (4, 6) |
| Household income in BDT,a median (IQR) | 15 000 (10 000, 20 000) |
| Educational level of the mother, % | |
| No formal education | 17 |
| Some primary school | 36 |
| Some high school | 36 |
| Secondary school diploma | 15 |
| Households with overcrowding, % | 48 |
| Households with domesticated animals, % | 16a |
| Water source, % | |
| Piped into home | 85 |
| Piped into yard | 2 |
| Deep tube well | 15 |
| Method of water treatment, % | |
| None | 30 |
| Boiling | 64 |
| Filter | 6 |
| Toilet type, % | |
| Improved | |
| Ventilated improved pit water seal | 72 |
| Flush toilet | 1 |
| Unimproved | |
| Traditional pit toilet | 27 |
| Households sharing toilet, % | 98 |
| If sharing, number of other households sharing toilet, mean (SD) | 2.2 (1.56) |
Abbreviations: BDT, Bangladeshi Taka; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.
Chicken or ducks were kept at 100% of the households that had any animals.