Table 1.
Characteristics of Maputo Sanitation study compounds and households selected for environmental sampling, samples collected, and sampling dates, stratified by study phase and treatment arm
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| characteristic | level | metric | N | summary | N | summary | N | summary | N | summary |
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| animals present | compound | n (%) | 32 | 15 (47) | 25 | 17 (68) | 30 | 24 (80) | 34 | 30 (88) |
| population density (persons/100 m2) | compound | median (IQRa) | 29 | 5.5 (3.5) | 23 | 8.1 (5.9) | 28 | 5.9 (4.8) | 33 | 6.7 (4.6) |
| wealth index (0 – 100) | household | median (IQR) | 51 | 43 (12) | 40 | 43 (12) | 55 | 45 (19) | 52 | 44 (14) |
| previous day mean temperature (°C) | date | median (IQR) | 19 | 21 (2) | 16 | 20 (2) | 17 | 20 (1) | 17 | 21 (3) |
| seven-day cumulative precipitation (mm) | date | median (IQR) | 19 | 9 (3) | 16 | 14 (3) | 17 | 13 (39) | 17 | 7 (0) |
| water container covered | sample | n (%) | 44 | 25 (57) | 28 | 21 (75) | 38 | 21 (55) | 47 | 30 (64) |
| narrow-mouth water container | sample | n (%) | 44 | 13 (30) | 28 | 10 (36) | 38 | 13 (34) | 47 | 14 (30) |
| plastic food surface material | sample | n (%) | 34 | 30 (88) | 23 | 18 (78) | 29 | 26 (90) | 36 | 29 (81) |
| shaded latrine soil | sample | n (%) | 32 | 24 (75) | 17 | 12 (71) | 30 | 25 (83) | 30 | 22 (73) |
| shaded household soil | sample | n (%) | 42 | 31 (74) | 28 | 24 (86) | 35 | 32 (91) | 39 | 31 (79) |
| wet latrine soil surface | sample | n (%) | 32 | 20 (62) | 17 | 13 (76) | 30 | 18 (60) | 30 | 21 (70) |
| wet household soil surface | sample | n (%) | 42 | 24 (57) | 27 | 13 (48) | 35 | 18 (51) | 39 | 13 (33) |
| latrine soil moisture (%) | sample | median (IQR) | 33 | 9.8 (9.8) | 23 | 8.4 (7.2) | 30 | 10.0 (7.9) | 30 | 8.7 (8.3) |
| household soil moisture (%) | sample | median (IQR) | 49 | 9.9 (8.6) | 35 | 6.9 (6.1) | 47 | 7.8 (5.4) | 43 | 5.4 (5.9) |
a
interquartile range