Table 2. Household and Respondent Characteristics at Baseline by Comparison Group.
| comparison
group |
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|---|---|---|---|
| household and respondent characteristics | conventional | teacher-facilitated | p value |
| female respondent | 73.2% | 77.0% | 0.087 |
| years of education of respondents (regardless of gender)b | 2.03 | 1.72 | 0.089 |
| household size (people)b | 6.05 | 5.66 | 0.001 |
| number of children per householdb | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.981 |
| with diarrhea in past 2 weeksb | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.787 |
| metal roof | 28.2% | 18.6% | 0.001 |
| own radio | 25.9% | 26.6% | 0.809 |
| own television | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.367 |
| dirty household compound | 33.0% | 29.7% | 0.238 |
| use improved water supplyc | 51.3% | 51.0% | 0.966 |
| water collection time (minutes)b | 50.4 | 40.06 | <0.001 |
| attended village meeting in past 2 monthsb | 51.7% | 38.1% | <0.001 |
| visited health post in past 2 monthsb | 32.6% | 36.8% | 0.117 |
| discussed sanitation or hygiene with a neighbor in past 2 monthsb | 51.2% | 35.8% | <0.001 |
| open defecationb | 37.7% | 47.9% | <0.001 |
| own a latrine | 84.0% | 76.2% | 0.001 |
| with accessible handwashing materials | 19.0% | 11.4% | 0.007 |
| owns an improved latrinec | 22.7% | 20.2% | 0.120 |
| primarily uses a shared latrineb | 6.3% | 5.4% | 0.477 |
| primarily uses a communal/public latrineb | 1.9% | 2.6% | 0.423 |
| want to own a latrineb | 14.8% | 23.4% | <0.001 |
| plan to build a latrine in next yearb | 14.2% | 22.5% | <0.001 |
a
Respondents were heads-of-households, and females were preferred if available. A t test was used to check for significant differences. All values account for unequal selection probability, nonresponse rates, and village clustering.
b
Self-reported by respondent. Remaining variables are surveyor observed.