TABLE 1. Characteristics of Study Samples in Ghana at Baseline (2012) and Follow-Up (2014).

Characteristics	Baseline (N = 754)	Follow-Up (N = 751)	P Value
Caregiver
Female, %	97.9	97.8	.98a
Age, mean (SD), years	31.1 (9.1)	31.5 (9.1)	.64a
Married, %	77.0	84.0	.07*a
Education, % distribution			.16b
None	15.4	15.3
Primary	26.2	20.7
Completed primary or some middle	43.9	43.5
Completed middle or some secondary	13.9	18.5
Completed secondary or above	0.6	2.1
Child
Child age, mean (SD), months	29.3 (15.4)	28.0 (13.9)	.31a
Diarrhea duration, mean (SD), days	4.5 (3.0)	4.3 (3.3)	.64a
Diarrhea with fever, %	43.8	43.5	.95a
Diarrhea with blood, %	11.4	5.6	.095*a
Household
Wealth index score,c mean (SD)	0.58 (0.2)	0.59 (0.1)	.70a
Wealth quintile, % distribution			.008***b
First (poorest)	23.4	14.3
Second	19.9	32.6
Third	42.1	46.2
Fourth	14.1	10.3
Fifth (wealthiest)	0.6	0.3

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

^***P< .01,

^**P< .05

^*P< .10.

^aP value from t test.

^bP value from chi-square test.

^cWealth index score ranges from 0 to 1.