Table 2.

Summary statistics for each study community: Primary explanatory variables (at the dwelling level), and population and housing variables

	Community A	Community B	Community C	Total
Population and housing
Estimated number of children aged < 7 years	135	54	23	212
Number of children < 7 years surveyed	100	38	23	161
Estimated response rate	74.1	70.4	100.0	75.9
Number of carers§	54	26	15	95
Number of residents¶	473	175	102	750
Number of usual residents	420	157	87	664
Number of dwellings	46	23	13	82
Number of bedrooms	132	58	36	226
Mean no. of bedrooms per dwelling (SD)	2.9 (0.5)	2.5 (0.8)	2.8 (0.8)	2.8 (0.7)
Mean no. of residents per bedroom (SD)	3.6 (1.5)	3.4 (1.6)	2.7 (1.4)	3.4 (1.5)
Primary explanatory variables
Number of dwellings (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Facilities not functioning to:
Wash children	15 (32.6)	1 (4.3)	7 (53.8)	23 (28.0)
Wash clothes	21 (45.7)	5 (21.7)	5 (38.5)	31 (37.8)
Remove faeces	21 (45.7)	7 (30.4)	12 (92.3)	40 (48.8)
Combined healthy living practices	29 (63.0)	10 (43.5)	12 (92.3)	51 (62.2)
Concrete/other floor material	19 (41.3)	1 (4.3)	11 (91.7)	31 (37.8)
Dwelling built pre 1980	8 (17.4)	8 (34.8)	5 (38.5)	21 (25.6)

§ Carers' of children less than 7 years

¶ Residents refers to usual residents plus visitors (see Table 1).