Table 3.
Comparison of socio-demographic characteristics of enrolled participants from whom baseline stool sample was obtained (n = 2082) with those from whom baseline stool sample was not obtained (n = 6599).
| Baseline stool sample |
P-valueb | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Obtained | Not obtained | ||
| Age (in completed years)a | |||
| <5 year | 131 (6.3) | 243 (3.7) | <0.001 |
| 5–14 year | 642 (30.8) | 1418 (21.5) | |
| 15–44 year | 997 (47.9) | 3893 (59.0) | |
| ≥45 year | 312 (15.0) | 1045 (15.8) | |
| Gendera | |||
| Male | 1021 (49.0) | 3360 (50.9) | 0.135 |
| Female | 1061 (51.0) | 3239 (49.1) | |
| Socio-economic statusa | |||
| Low | 423 (20.3) | 1393 (21.1) | 0.905 |
| Middle | 1089 (52.3) | 3344 (50.7) | |
| High | 570 (27.4) | 1862 (28.2) | |
| Engaged in agriculture-related activitya | |||
| Yes | 1120 (53.8) | 4003 (60.7) | <0.001 |
| No | 962 (46.2) | 2596 (39.3) | |
| Level of educationa | |||
| No formal schooling | 956 (45.9) | 3074 (46.6) | 0.069 |
| Primary school (1–5 years) | 583 (28.0) | 1388 (21.0) | |
| Middle school (6–8 years) | 311 (14.9) | 1012 (15.3) | |
| High school (9–10 years) | 136 (6.5) | 671 (10.2) | |
| Higher secondary (11–12 years) | 62 (3.0) | 285 (4.3) | |
| College & above (>12 years) | 34 (1.6) | 169 (2.6) | |
| Functional toilet in the housea | |||
| Present | 6 (0.3) | 20 (0.3) | 0.917 |
| Absent | 2076 (99.7) | 6579 (99.7) | |
| Public tap as source of household drinking watera | |||
| Yes | 1852 (89.0) | 5343 (81.0) | 0.693 |
| No | 230 (11.0) | 1256 (19.0) | |
a
Numbers in parenthesis represents column percentage.
b
Adjusted for clustering at village and household levels.