Table 1.
Baseline sociodemographic characteristics of households surveyed and under-five-years-old children.
| Overall | Peshawar | Quetta | Lakki Marwat | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | |
| Household Characteristics | N = 1277 | N = 1286 | N = 411 | N = 401 | N = 433 | N = 446 | N = 433 | N = 439 |
| Finished floor | 773 (69.4) | 696 (59.3) | 404 (97.6) | 390 (96.2) | 344 (79.0) | 253 (56.2) | 25 (5.9) | 53 (12.0) |
| Finished roof | 1139 (87.9) | 998 (76.2) | 411 (100.0) | 403 (99.2) | 373 (84.5) | 298 (63.0) | 355 (82.3) | 297 (65.7) |
| Finished walls | 831 (69.0) | 730 (59.7) | 409 (98.9) | 389 (96.1) | 325 (71.8) | 244 (52.1) | 97 (23.2) | 97 (20.9) |
| Solid fuel | 443 (20.6) | 464 (26.2) | 5 (1.9) | 14 (2.6) | 6 (1.6) | 11 (2.6) | 432 (99.7) | 439 (100.0) |
| Single room for sleeping | 231 (12.3) | 221 (13.9) | 47 (14.6) | 44 (10.0) | 9 (2.3) | 22 (5.3) | 175 (38.8) | 155 (33.9) |
| Improved source of drinking water | 1053 (69.6) | 972 (71.1) | 410 (99.8) | 406 (99.8) | 210 (46.1) | 141 (31.9) | 433 (100.0) | 425 (96.7) |
| Improved source of sanitation | 1208 (95.7) | 1147 (89.7) | 410 (99.8) | 406 (99.8) | 423 (96.9) | 392 (87.5) | 375 (87.4) | 349 (78.9) |
| Father’s Education | ||||||||
| No formal schooling | 350 (33.3) | 317 (28.8) | 106 (26.3) | 79 (24.2) | 179 (42.1) | 145 (35.5) | 65 (16.2) | 93 (24.0) |
| Primary | 306 (23.5) | 310 (24.0) | 16 (6.0) | 28 (5.9) | 107 (24.6) | 166 (37.2) | 183 (42.2) | 116 (27.6) |
| Secondary | 387 (27.5) | 389 (27.5) | 142 (35.0) | 158 (36.2) | 99 (22.4) | 96 (19.6) | 146 (33.0) | 135 (28.5) |
| Intermediate or above | 237 (15.8) | 278 (19.7) | 147 (32.7) | 142 (33.6) | 51 (10.9) | 41 (7.8) | 39 (8.6) | 95 (19.9) |
| Mother’s Education | ||||||||
| No formal schooling | 1091 (86.1) | 1109 (85.1) | 271 (65.1) | 285 (71.0) | 396 (91.0) | 406 (90.8) | 424 (98.3) | 418 (95.7) |
| Primary | 35 (3.9) | 58 (5.0) | 10 (2.8) | 17 (4.6) | 23 (5.6) | 29 (6.6) | 2 (0.4) | 12 (2.7) |
| Secondary | 71 (5.2) | 69 (5.5) | 55 (14.5) | 56 (13.0) | 14 (2.9) | 9 (1.9) | 2 (0.3) | 4 (0.8) |
| Intermediate or above | 83 (4.8) | 58 (4.4) | 75 (17.6) | 49 (11.4) | 3 (0.6) | 4 (0.7) | 5 (1.0) | 5 (0.8) |
| Wealth Index (Quintiles) | ||||||||
| Poorest | 223 (10.1) | 292 (16.8) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.1) | 1 (0.2) | 7 (1.6) | 222 (51.9) | 279 (64.8) |
| Poor | 253 (16.3) | 262 (19.5) | 6 (2.1) | 14 (2.6) | 58 (13.3) | 121 (28.8) | 189 (43.0) | 127 (27.8) |
| Middle | 218 (27.1) | 297 (26.1) | 17 (5.4) | 52 (14.5) | 181 (44.1) | 212 (46.8) | 20 (4.7) | 33 (7.4) |
| Rich | 260 (25.2) | 255 (22.4) | 120 (32.7) | 174 (44.1) | 139 (30.5) | 81 (17.4) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Richest | 326 (21.2) | 188 (15.2) | 268 (59.8) | 161 (37.6) | 57 (11.8) | 27 (5.4) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Children Under Five Years Old | N = 2175 | N = 2212 | N = 542 | N = 574 | N = 992 | N = 946 | N = 641 | N = 692 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 1133 (51.5) | 1124 (50.9) | 288 (52.4) | 273 (48.1) | 502 (50.9) | 498 (52.3) | 343 (53.4) | 353 (51.0) |
| Female | 1042 (48.5) | 1088 (49.1) | 254 (47.6) | 301 (51.9) | 490 (49.1) | 448 (47.7) | 298 (46.6) | 339 (49.0) |
| Age (Months) | ||||||||
| 0–5 | 178 (7.9) | 193 (8.2) | 52 (9.3) | 52 (8.3) | 76 (7.6) | 70 (7.2) | 50 (7.8) | 71 (10.2) |
| 6–11 | 187 (8.9) | 204 (10.0) | 61 (12.5) | 77 (14.1) | 80 (8.4) | 85 (9.5) | 46 (7.4) | 42 (5.8) |
| 12–23 | 405 (18.7) | 380 (17.2) | 115 (20.6) | 126 (21.0) | 181 (18.6) | 156 (16.6) | 109 (17.0) | 98 (13.7) |
| 24–59 | 1405 (64.4) | 1435 (64.7) | 314 (57.7) | 319 (56.5) | 655 (65.3) | 635 (66.8) | 436 (67.9) | 481 (70.3) |