Table 1.

Study population characteristics (N = 390)^*

	Percent (n) or Mean ± SD (range)
Children's characteristics
Male	50.3 (196)
Age (months)	16.5 ± 9.7 (0.5–35.8)
Age stratification
< 6 months	15.4 (60)
≥ 6–< 12 months	23.3 (91)
≥ 12–< 24 months	34.6 (135)
≥ 24–36 months	26.7 (104)
Caregivers' demographics
Age (years)	29.4 ± 10.1 (14–77)
Primary caregiver mother	82.8 (323)
Primary caregiver grandmother	11.3 (44)
Completed higher education	7.2 (28)
Completed secondary school	43.9 (171)
Did not complete secondary school, or education below that	43.7 (170)
Household characteristics
Daily expenses for food (US$)	6.8 ± 2.2 (0.7–17.6)
Access to public water inside the house	94.6 (369)
Access to public sewage system inside the house	92.6 (361)
Breastfeeding at time of enrollment
< 6 months (N = 60)	100 (60)
≥ 6–< 12 months (N = 91)	90.1 (82)
≥ 12–< 24 months (N = 135)	69.6 (94)
≥ 24 months (N = 104)	28.9 (30)
Introduction of other foods
Age when breastfeeding was stopped (N = 124, months)	12.3 ± 7.1
Age when other milk was introduced (N = 304, months)	6.0 ± 4.9
Age when solid food was introduced (N = 337, months)	5.7 ± 1.2
Diarrheal episodes
Children with diarrhea during previous 7 days, including day of the study visit, at enrollment (N = 390)	16.2 (63)
Children with diarrhea during previous 7 days, including day of the study visit, at follow-up (N = 356)	23.6 (84)

^*SD = standard deviation.