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. 2019 Sep 26;9(9):e030152. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030152

Table 1.

Randomisation balance: no significant differences in observed means between households assigned different latrine use questions

Individual Household Difference
(1) (2) (3)
No of households 1215 1216 −1
No of households by project
 World Vision (in Bihar) 316 313 3
 Coastal Salinity Prevention Cell (in Gujarat) 309 319 −10
 Wateraid (in Karnataka) 297 296 1
 Rural Welfare Institute (in Odisha) 293 288 5
Household members 5.685 (0.0950) 5.604 (0.101) 0.0803 (−0.117 to 0.278)
Female 0.491 (0.00485) 0.489 (0.00490) 0.00190 (−0.0115 to 0.0153)
Hindu 0.967 (0.00882) 0.960 (0.0102) 0.00737 (−0.00383 to 0.0186)
Household head completed at least 8 years of schooling 0.288 (0.0192) 0.319 (0.0199) −0.0310 (−0.0675 to 0.00552)
Count of assets (max 13) 8.202 (0.111) 8.234 (0.117) −0.0327 (−0.196 to 0.130)
Has latrine 0.943 (0.00795) 0.946 (0.00781) −0.00251 (−0.0215 to 0.0165)
Got help from government or NGO to build toilet (given has toilet) 0.625 (0.0304) 0.656 (0.0274) −0.0309 (−0.0692 to 0.00747)
Pit size (cubic feet, given has toilet) 179.0 (14.33) 180.7 (14.27) 1.666 (−25.94 to 22.61)
Toilet looks used (given has toilet) 0.805 (0.0234) 0.794 (0.0233) 0.0103 (−0.0243 to 0.0450)

Cluster robust SEs, clustered by village, next to means in columns 1 and 2. 95% CI next to differences in column 3. *P<0.05, **p<0.01.

None of the differences are significant at the 0.05 or 0.01 level, which is why there are no * or ** in the table.