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. 2014 Aug 15;11(8):8319–8346. doi: 10.3390/ijerph110808319

Table 2.

Pilot study household descriptive statistics.

Characteristic N Mean [SD] Min–Max n (%) n (%)
Household size (F1) 114 6.9 [3.1] 2–19
Household size (F2) 112 6.9 [2.9] 2–18
Children < 5 (F1) 114 1.0 [0.84] 0–6
Children < 5 (F2) 112 0.97 [0.73] 0–4
Female respondent (F1) 114 112 (98)
Gender of household head 114
  Male 101 (89)
  Female 13 (11)
Hindu religion 114 114 (100)
Main income source 114
  Farming 60 (53)
  Service holder 15 (13)
  Business enterprise 12 (10)
  Day or shared labor 17 (15)
  Other 10 (9)
Education of male & female head Male n = 111 Female n = 114
  Illiterate 11 (10) 49 (43)
  Literate w/o formal schooling 10 (9) 9 (8)
  Some primary (1st-4th) 26 (23) 28 (25)
  Primary completed (5th) 31 (28) 18 (16)
  Secondary completed (10th) or above 33 (30) 10 (9)
Below poverty line (BPL) card (verified) 114 66 (58)
Caste—household head 114
  Scheduled caste 15 (13)
  Other backward caste 43 (47)
  General 53 (38)
  Don’t know 3 (2.6)
Own cell phone 114 92 (81)
Own agricultural land 114 83 (73)
Own poultry/livestock 114 61 (54)
Drinking water source 114
  Piped water 6 (5.3)
  Hand pump (tube well) 102 (90)
  Protected dug well 4 (3.5)
  Unprotected dug well 2 (1.8)
Drinking water source location
  In own dwelling 12 (11)
  In own compound 21 (18)
  Outside compound 81 (71)
Round trip time to off-site source (min) 81 14.8 [12.2] 1–60
Bathing source = surface water (pond, river) 114 77 (68)
1-way time to surface bathing site (min) 72 12.7 [10.3] 1–60
Functioning latrine (F1) (all pour flush) 114 71 (62)
Age of latrine (years) 71 7.1 [6.5] 2–30