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. 2016 Feb 22;144(10):2230–2240. doi: 10.1017/S0950268816000236

Table 1.

Household demographic, socioeconomic, water, sanitation, and hygiene characteristics by study arm, Pisco, Peru, 2014*

Total (N = 207) Container only (N = 70) Container + indicator (N = 70) Control (N = 67)
Median age, years (range) 31 (18–64) 32 (19–62) 31 (19–56) 31 (18–64)
Median household size (range) 4 (2–15) 4 (3–8) 4 (2–13) 5 (3–15)
Completed secondary school or above 117 (56·5%) 37 (52·9%) 42 (60·0%) 38 (56·7%)
Socioeconomic index
Poorest tercile 66 (33·3%) 24 (34·8%) 24 (37·5%) 18 (27·7%)
Middle tercile 66 (33·3%) 24 (34·8%) 22 (34·4%) 20 (30·8%)
Wealthiest tercile 66 (33·3%) 21 (30·4%) 18 (28·1%) 27 (41·5%)
Primary water source
Piped to the home 120 (58·8%) 44 (63·8%) 40 (57·1%) 36 (55·4%)
Improved source outside the home 70 (34·3%) 18 (26·1%) 24 (34·3%) 28 (43·1%)
Unimproved source 14 (6·9%) 7 (10·1%) 6 (8·6%) 1 (1·5%)
E. coli detected in stored water 85 (42·5%) 27 (40·3%) 29 (41·4%) 29 (46·0%)
Detectable chlorine in source water 9 (5·3%) 1 (1·6%) 3 (5·1%) 5 (10·0%)
Thinks water is safe to drink 82 (39·8%) 31 (44·3%) 23 (33·3%) 28 (41·8%)
Storage container type
Teapot 22 (10·8%) 10 (14·9%) 7 (10·0%) 5 (7·6%)
Wide-mouthed container 181 (89·2%) 57 (85·1%) 63 (90·0%) 61 (92·4%)
Covered storage container 194 (94·2%) 65 (92·9%) 66 (94·3%) 63 (95·5%)
Clean storage container 195 (94·7%) 67 (95·7%) 65 (92·9%) 63 (95·5%)
Method of water extraction
Poured/used a spigot 138 (70·4%) 49 (71·0%) 48 (72·7%) 41 (67·2%)
Dipped with an object/hands 58 (29·6%) 20 (29·0%) 18 (27·3%) 20 (32·8%)
Boiled currently stored water 194 (94·6%) 66 (95·7%) 65 (92·9%) 63 (95·5%)
Toilet/latrine 167 (81·1%) 57 (82·6%) 57 (81·4%) 53 (79·1%)
Presence of a handwashing station 131 (63·6%) 47 (67·1%) 42 (60·0%) 42 (63·6%)
Correct handwashing 167 (91·3%) 58 (93·5%) 55 (90·2%) 54 (90·0%)
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Numbers may not sum to total due to missing values.