Table 2.

Selected characteristics of children at entry to study. Values are means (95% confidence intervals) unless stated otherwise

Characteristics	Intervention (n=15)*	Comparison (n=15)
Age (months)	18.1 (17.6 to 18.7)	18.2 (17.7 to 18.7)
Sex (% female)	47.9 (46.8 to 49.1)	50.9 (49.3 to 52.4)
Birth order	2.7 (2.5 to 2.8)	2.6 (2.5 to 2.7)
Mother's years of completed schooling	3.6 (3.0 to 4.2)	3.8 (3.2 to 4.4)
Homestead land in decimal	10.4 (9.0 to 11.8)	10.1 (8.5 to 11.7)
Baseline rate of admission to hospital for diarrhoea†	8.1 (6.1 to 10.2)	8.1 (6.1 to 10.3)

^*Confidence intervals based on cluster level standard error. 

^†Per 100 child years observed.