Table 4.
Thirty village/cluster baseline characteristics by study arms (n=30)
| Variables | Control n=15 | Intervention n=15 |
| Village population, n | 5088 | 5219 |
| Village population, median (IQR) | 255 [297-400] | 306 [244 – 352] |
| Households per village, median (IQR) | 40 (30–60) | 33 (26–49) |
| Children aged <5 years, median (IQR) | 86 (71–111) | 86 (77–99) |
| Children aged 6–24 months, median (IQR) | 39 (34–57) | 43 (33–55) |
| Major ethnic group in village, n (%) | ||
| Mandingo | 3 (20) | 5 (33.3) |
| Wolof | 5 (33) | 5 (33.3) |
| Fula | 7 (47) | 5 (33.3) |
| Main income of villages, n (%) | ||
| Farming | 12 (80) | 13 (87) |
| Farming and business | 3 (20) | 2 (13) |
| Distance to nearest health facility* | ||
| <5 km | 6 (40) | 7 (56) |
| ≥5 to ≤ 10 km | 5 (33) | 4 (27) |
| >10 km | 4 (27) | 4 (27) |
| Availability of school in the village, n (%) | ||
| No school | 8 (53) | 10 (67) |
| Primary | 5 (33) | 5 (33) |
| Primary and middle | 2 (13) | 0 (0) |
| Availability of village/community groups, n (%) | ||
| Village development committee | 15 (100) | 15 (100) |
| Water subcommittee | 11 (73) | 7 (47) |
| Women’s group | 13 (87) | 15 (100) |
| Location of village | ||
| North of river | 7 | 7 |
| South of river | 8 | 8 |
| Quartile of population size of villages | ||
| 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 |
*This is the actual travel distance by mothers on food or transport and not the scaled map distance.