TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the study population at enrollment in SELEVER and control communities, Burkina Faso¹

Characteristic	Control	Treatment	SELEVER	SELEVER + WASH
Target children	n = 356	n = 698	n = 353	n = 345
Age, mo	40 ± 9.7	41 ± 10	41 ± 10	41 ± 10
Male	50	50	48	52
Sick during the recall day	7.3	9.7	11	8.4
Women	n = 356	n = 698	n = 353	n = 345
Biological mother of child	99	98	98	98
Age, y	31 ± 7.0	31 ± 7.1	31 ± 7.6	31 ± 6.5
Married	96	96	96	96
Never been to formal school	82	82	79	85
Income-generating activity	34	26	23	29
Sick during the recall day	1.4	3.2	4.5	1.7
Breastfeeding	42	39	36	42
Pregnant	15	13	13	13
Has a child aged 0–24 mo	39	37	35	38
Has a child aged 6–24 mo	28	26	25	28
Households	n = 356	n = 698	n = 353	n = 345
HH age, y	44 ± 13	44 ± 14	43 ± 13	45 ± 14
HH is male	97	97	98	97
HH has never been to formal school	71	70	67	73
HH has income-generating activity	46	45	45	44
Household: moderate or severe hunger	4.8	3.7	2.4	4.9
Yesterday was a market day in the village	18	22	18	26

¹Descriptive values are unadjusted percentages or means ± SDs. HH, household head; SELEVER, Soutenir l'Exploitation Familiale pour Lancer l’Élevage des Volailles et Valoriser l’Économie Rurale; WASH, water, hygiene, and sanitation.