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. 2013 Jun 14;43(4):1021–1030. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt065

Table 1.

Selected baseline characteristics of enrolled children (N = 892)

Demographics
    Age in months, median (IQR) 4.6 (0.5, 17.1)
    Male 52%
Socioeconomic characteristics
    Number of people living in household, median (IQR) 5 (4, 6)
    Number of children <5 years old in household, median (IQR) 1 (1, 2)
    Number of bedrooms in house, median (IQR) 1 (1, 2)
    Number of rooms (excluding bedrooms) in house, median (IQR) 2 (1, 3)
    At least one family member attending school 54%
    Family owns house 68%
    House floor: dirt 91%
    House roof: tile 93%
    House walls: mud bricks 93%
    Water supply: pipeline 82%
    Sewage: connected to public system 9%
    House energy: electricity 40%
    House kitchen: open fire/traditional stove 63%
    Energy for stoves: wood 93%
    Smoking in house 8%
    Children taken to weekend public markets 65%
    Father: works in agriculture 64%
    Mother: elementary education or less 65%
Health care related characteristics
    Children enrolled in public health insurance system 91%
    Children had vaccination card available 93%

IQR, interquartile range