Table 1.

Village, household and individual respondent characteristics

Variable
Village characteristics (n = 20 villages)
Households per village (mean ± SD)	28.0 ± 14.7 (range 9–61)
Households using open water source (n [%])	371 (66.3%)
Village distance to open water source (meters) (mean ± SD)	8.9 ± 8.6 (range 0–40)
Household characteristics (n = 560 households)
Total individuals in study households	2881
Members per household (mean ± SD)	5.1 ± 2.7 (range 1–20)
Female head of household (n [%])	150 (26.8%)
Men per household (mean ± SD)	2.4 ± 1.7
Women per household (mean ± SD)	2.7 ± 1.7
Children under 5 per household (mean ± SD)	0.94 ± 0.90 (range 0–5
Households with at least one child under 5 (n [%])	346 (61.8%)
Pregnant women per household (mean ± SD)	0.05 ± 0.23 (range:0–2)
Households with at least one pregnant woman (n [%])	34 (5.2%)
Households reporting member with fever in last month (n [%])	186 (33.2%)
Households reporting death last year due to fever (n [%])	1 (0.2%)
Selected household asset characteristics (n = 560 households)
Thatch roofing (n, %)	440 (78.6%)
Dirt flooring (n, %)	504 (90.0%)
Dirt/mud walls (n, %)	555 (99.1%)
Charcoal for main cooking fuel (n, %)	534 (95.4%)
Number of cattle (mean ± SD)	1.4 ± 2.8 (range 0–27)
Number of chickens (mean ± SD)	3.7 ± 9.2 (range 0–100)
Own at least one… (n, %)
…radio	424 (75.7%)
…bicycle	149 (26.6%)
…cellphone	21 (3.8%)
…cattle drawn cart	40 (7.1%)
… motorcycle/automobile	0 (0%)
Individual respondent characteristics (n = 560 individuals)
Gender – female (n, %)	452 (80.7%)
Age (mean ± SD)	38.7 ± 16.3 (range 14–96)
Married (n, %)	368 (65.7%)
Relation to head of household (n, %):
wife	254 (45.4%)
household head	250 (44.6%)
child	44 (7.9%)
other (parent, sibling, grandchild)	12 (2.1%)
Number of children (mean ± SD)	3.5 ± 2.8 (range 0–15)
Years of education (mean ± SD)	4.9 ± 2.9
Number of years in school (n, %)
0	69 (12.3%)
1–4	183 (32.7%)
5–8	224 (40.0%)
9–12+	84 (15.0%)
Self–reported literacy (n, %)	487 (87.0%)

SD – standard deviation