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. 2024 Aug 19;21(8):e1004416. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004416

Table 1. Demographics of the study population.

All values shown are n(%) unless otherwise indicated.

Control
(N = 587)
Intervention
(N = 633)
Total
(N = 1,220)
Age in months
    Median (IQR) 24.0 (12.0, 36.0) 24.0 (15.0, 36.0) 24.0 (13.0, 36.0)
Sex
    Female 310 (52.8%) 329 (52.0%) 639 (52.4%)
Occupation of guardian
    Subsistence farmer 563 (95.9%) 588 (93.0%) 1,151 (94.4%)
    Teacher 10 (1.7%) 15 (2.4%) 25 (2.1%)
    Businessperson 4 (0.7%) 9 (1.4%) 13 (1.1%)
    Boda boda driver 6 (1.0%) 4 (0.6%) 10 (0.8%)
    Tailor 1 (0.2%) 9 (1.4%) 10 (0.8%)
    Student 2 (0.3%) 1 (0.2%) 3 (0.2%)
    Trader 0 (0.0%) 3 (0.5%) 3 (0.2%)
    Civil servant 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.1%)
    Engineer 1 (0.2%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.1%)
    LC1 chairman 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.1%)
    Community health worker 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.1%)
Family size
    Median (IQR) 6.0 (4.0, 8.0) 6.0 (5.0, 8.0) 6.0 (5.0, 8.0)
Home construction
    Permanent (bricks with iron sheets) 278 (47.4%) 242 (38.2%) 520 (42.7%)
    Semipermanent (mud with iron sheets) 282 (48.1%) 352 (55.6%) 634 (52.0%)
    Temporary (mud with grass thatched roof) 26 (4.4%) 39 (6.2%) 65 (5.3%)
    Missing 1 0 1
Village stratum
    1 (large, low altitude, proximal) 245 (41.7%) 234 (37.0%) 479 (39.3%)
    2 (medium, low altitude, mid-distance) 177 (30.2%) 185 (29.2%) 362 (29.7%)
    3 (small, high altitude, distant) 165 (28.1%) 214 (33.8%) 379 (31.1%)