Table 2.
Characteristics of the schools in the study sample in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR and the pooled regional countries
| Cambodia | Indonesia | Lao PDR | Regional (pooled) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School characteristicsa | FIT (n = 10) |
Control (n = 10) |
P* | FIT (n = 9) |
Control (n = 9) |
P* | FIT (n = 22) |
Control (n = 22) |
P* | FIT (n = 41) |
Control (n = 41) |
P* |
| Geographical location (n) | ||||||||||||
| Rural school | 6 | 6 | - | - | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Urban school | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 28 | 28 | ||||
| No. of enrollees (mean n ± sd) |
805 ± 384 | 723 ± 228 | 0.999 | 592 ± 323 | 388 ± 220 | 0.200 | 219 ± 124 | 118 ± 64 | 0.003 | 505 ± 346 | 391 ± 295 | 0.046 |
| No. of handwashing slots w/ water & soap (mean n ± sd) |
200 ± 128 | 9 ± 16 | 0.001 | 89 ± 57 | 1 ± 2 | <0.001 | 113 ± 69 | 17 ± 38 | <0.001 | 129 ± 93 | 11 ± 30 | <0.001 |
| Student to handwashing slot ratio (mean ratio ± sd) |
4:1 ± 1:1 | 55:1 ± 46:1 | <0.001 | 6:1 ± 1:1 | 74:1 ± 71:1 | <0.001 | 2:1 ± 2:1 | 66:1 ± 63:1 | 0.001 | 4:1 ± 2:1 | 65:1 ± 60:1 | <0.001 |
| Student to toilet ratio (mean ratio ± sd) |
93:1 ± 56:1 | 102:1 ± 53:1 | 0.496 | 99:1 ± 50:1 | 112:1 ± 61:1 | 0.691 | 63:1 ± 44:1 | 45:1 ± 24:1 | 0.218 | 79:1 ± 50:1 | 74:1 ± 52:1 | 0.593 |
| Percentage of clean & functional toilets (mean % ± sd) |
7.6 ± 14.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.068 | 62.2 ± 41.8 | 36.1 ± 39.7 | 0.219 | 37.6 ± 44.1 | 15.9 ± 35.9 | 0.026 | 35.6 ± 42.0 | 16.5 ± 33.8 | 0.007 |
*Mann Whitney U-test
a Measured at follow-up