Table 1. Characteristics of participating children and caretakers from household survey.
| BEFORE | AFTER | ||||
| Non-Intervention | Intervention | p-value | Non-Intervention | Intervention | |
| N = 811 | N = 794 | N = 1076 | N = 1079 | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Child's gender – male | 371 (48.2) | 392 (49.9) | 0.5 | 516 (48.9) | 548 (51) |
| Caretaker's highest level of education - primary school | 451 (55.7) | 457 (57.6) | 0.4 | 637 (59.2) | 668 (61.9) |
| Marital status – married | 744 (91.7) | 725 (91.3) | 0.8 | 952 (88.5) | 992 (91.9) |
| Caretaker's employment – subsistence farmer/housewife | 726 (89.5) | 727 (91.6) | 0.2 | 993 (92.3) | 1029 (95.4) |
| Floor type – hard earth/mud | 625 (77.1) | 623 (79.6) | 0.2 | 828 (77.1) | 904 (83.8) |
| Main type of fuel for cooking – firewood | 745 (91.9) | 745 (93.8) | 0.1 | 985 (91.5) | 1,015 (94.1) |
| Main source of water – bore hole | 691 (85.2) | 737 (92.8) | <0.01 | 953 (88.6) | 1,022 (94.7) |
| Head of household – partner/husband* | 716 (88.4) | 607 (76.5) | <0.01 | 927 (86.2) | 869 (80.5) |
| Continuous variables | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Child's age (months) | 18.1 (13.6) | 17.6 (13.1) | 0.5 | 20.3 (14.2) | 17.5 (12.2) |
| Caretaker's age (years) | 29.5 (8.6) | 30.1 (9.7) | 0.2 | 28.5 (7.9) | 27.9 (8.1) |
*This reflects that the caregiver is often not the head of the household.