Table 5.

Characteristics of mothers in the evaluation survey by intervention allocation

Variables	Control n=300	Intervention n=300
Number of children alive for index mother (IQR)	3 (2–6)	4 (3–6)
Age group of mother
<20 years	31 (10)	27 (9)
20–30 years	171 (57)	186 (62)
>30 years	97 (32)	88 (29)
Education level of mother
None/illiterate	186 (62)	177 (59)
Other (Islamic, home and others)	56 (19)	51 (17)
Primary	30 (10)	39 (13)
Secondary or higher*	28 (9)	33 (11)
Ethnicity of mother
Mandingo	46 (15)	78 (26)
Wolof	120 (41)	96 (32)
Fula	127 (43)	118 (39)
Other	3 (2)	8 (3)
Occupation of mother†
Farmer	280 (93)	275 (92)
Other‡	20 (7)	25 (8)
Ethnicity of husband
Mandingo	47 (16)	82 (28)
Wolof	119 (40)	96 (33)
Fula	126 (43)	115 (39)
Other	2 (1)	0 (0)
Structure of house
Cement wall, corrugated  roof	32 (11)	43 (15)
Mud wall, corrugated  roof	124 (43)	121 (41)
Mud wall, thatched roof	134 (46)	129 (44)
Other	0 (0)	2 (1)
Belongings
Land	282 (95)	280 (94)
Cattle	173 (58)	178 (59)
Goat	216 (73)	216 (72)
Mobile	253 (85)	269 (90)
Radio	191 (64)	203 (68)
Tap	4 (1)	9 (3)
Fridge	3 (1)	8 (3)
Source of water
Covered well or tap	119 (40)	141 (48)
Open well or other open water sources	181 (60)	152 (52)
Sex of index child male	156 (52)	151 (50)
Mean age (months) of child (SD)	18 (7.9)	19 (7.6)
Reported diarrhoea by mother in past 7 days§	60 (20)	82 (28)
Reported ARI by mother in past 7 days¶	30 (10)	30 (10)

Values for the individual variables are numbers (%) unless otherwise stated.

*Arabic/Islamic, senior secondary or college.

†All mothers were housewives but had additional regular other work.

‡Trading, animal husbandry or civil servant.

§Defined as ≥3 watery stools in previous 24 hours.

¶Defined as cough with difficulty breathing.

ARI, acute respiratory infection.