Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of households

	Number of households	Average size of households	Average households with at least one child < 5	Average children under 5 per households	% households with at least one pregnant woman
Atacora	400	6 [5.89-6.72]	65 [63.86-66.14]	1 [0.95-1.15]	10 [09.03- 11.04]
Donga	400	7 [6.91-7.42]	72 [70.83-72.67]	1 [1.27-1.53]	13 [12.02-14.04]
Alibori	400	5 [5.09-6.36]	63 [62.06-64.44]	1 [0.94-1.13]	14 [13.02- 15.03]
Borgou	400	10 [8.95-12.68]	67 [66.19-68.31]	2 [1.62-2.10]	19 [18.02- 20.02]
Collines	400	6 [6.04-7.29]	74 [73.16-74.85]	1[1.11-1.31]	17 [16.03-18.00]
Zou	400	5 [5.17-6.97]	60 [58.0-61.30]	1 [0.82-1.00]	12 [11.04-13.02]
Mono	400	6 [5.46-6.60]	63 [61.54-63.96]	1 [0.90-1.09]	14 [13.03-15.02]
Couffo	400	9 [8.17-10.92]	72 [70.83-72.67]	2 [1.40-2.71]	18 [17.03-19.01]
Ouémé	400	5 [5.12-6.17]	64 [63.09-65.41]	1 [0.95-1.53]	13 [12.02-14.03]
Plateau	400	6 [5.63-7.32]	62 [60.25-62.75]	1 [0.92-1.13]	10 [09.04-11.03]
Atlantique	400	7[6.50-7.89]	72 [71.09-72.91]	1 [0.88-1.38]	15 [14.03-16.01]
Littoral	400	5 [5.06-6.11]	62 [60.77-63.24]	1 [0.82-1.00]	11 [10.01- 12.05]
Mean average	400	6.42 [6.04-6.78]	66.33 [65.99-66.67]	1.16 [0.94-1.39]	13.83 [13.37-14.28]