Table 2.

Description of participants at baseline, by treatment arm, Mirzapur, Bangladesh, 2014

Characteristic	Control (n = 128)	Intervention (n = 130)
Age of respondent (years), median (IQR)	24 (20–29)	25 (20–28)
Median number of years education of respondent (IQR)	7 (5–9)	7 (5–9)
Religion, n (%)
Islam	118 (92)	115 (88)
Hindu	10 (8)	15 (12)
Household characteristics
Number of rooms for sleeping, median (IQR)	2 (2–3)	2 (1–3)
Number of people living in home, median (IQR)	4 (3–6)	4 (3–5)
Smoking inside home, n (%)	50 (39)	57 (44)
Drinking water source: shallow tube well, n (%)	115 (90)	108 (83)
Materials present at handwashing station, n (%)
Water	122 (95)	125 (96)
At least one type of soap (bar, powdered, or liquid)	38 (30)	39 (30)
Materials reported used to wash hands after defecation, n (%)
Water only	76 (60)	79 (62)
Soap and water	49 (39)	49 (38)
Mud	1 (1)	0 (0)
Cleaning hands reported effective for preventing illness in the baby, n (%)
Very effective	124 (97)	122 (94)
Somewhat effective	4 (3)	8 (6)
Self-report of always washing hands with soap, n (%)
Before eating	120 (94)	122 (94)
After eating	126 (98)	129 (99)
Before feeding a child	113 (88)	103 (79)
Before touching a baby	25 (20)	19 (15)
After cleaning a child’s anus	114 (89)	110 (85)
After disposing of a child’s feces	107 (84)	96 (74)
After defecation	124 (97)	124 (95)
After contact with respiratory secretions	17 (13)	27 (21)
Are you able to ask others to clean their hands?, n (%)
Always	35 (27)	26 (20)
Sometimes	76 (59)	79 (61)
Never	17 (13)	25 (19)