Table 1 Baseline characteristics of community and households of the randomized control trial, Dabat district, northwest Ethiopia, November 2015
Characteristics | Intervention n (%) | Control (%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary caregivers of children | |||
 Mean age (± SD) (year) | 30.7 (± 7.1) | 30.2 (± 8.4) | 0.08 |
 No formal education of mother | 242 (86.4) | 239 (81.6) | 0.11 |
 Occupation (housewives) | 279 (99.6) | 291 (99.3) | 0.23 |
 No formal education of father | 225 (80.4) | 246 (84.0) | 0.16 |
 Occupation of heads of households (Farmer) | 278 (99.3) | 285 (97.3) | 0.20 |
Economic indicators | |||
 Own land | 276 (98.6) | 282 (96.2) | 0.08 |
 Own mobile | 50 (17.9) | 62 (21.2) | 0.32 |
 Own radio | 23 (8.2) | 28 (9.6) | 0.57 |
 Own livestock | 275 (98.6) | 282 (96.2) | 0.45 |
Housing condition | |||
 Corrugated iron sheet (CIS) roof | 203 (72.5) | 196 (66.9) | 0.15 |
 Separate kitchen | 29 (10.4) | 25 (8.5) | 0.46 |
 Live together with animals | 198 (67.5) | 182 (62.1) | 0.18 |
Drinking-water | |||
 Unimproved water source | 186 (66.4) | 198 (67.6) | 0.77 |
 Well | 73 (26.2) | 62 (21.2) |  |
 Spring | 141 (50.4) | 118 (40.3) |  |
 Stream/river | 66 (23.6) | 113 (38.6) |  |
 Jerry can for home water storage | 279 (99.6) | 290 (99.0) | 0.34 |
 Treatment of drinking-water (any method) | 6 (2.1) | 10 (3.4) | 0.36 |
Sanitation and hygiene | |||
 Waste disposal (proper) | 207 (73.9) | 211 (77.1) | 0.61 |
 Functional latrine (proper) | 34 (68.0) | 54 (80.6) | 0.12 |
 Separate hand washing facility present | 117 (41.8) | 117 (39.9) | 0.65 |
 Hand washing agents (soap/ash) | 57 (20.4) | 51 (17.4) | 0.37 |
 Separate cup for child drinking | 26 (9.3) | 23 (7.8) | 0.54 |
 Hand-washing before child feeding | 267 (95.4) | 275 (93.3) | 0.43 |
 Hand-washing after toilet | 199 (71.1) | 229 (78.2) | 0.051 |
 Hand-washing after waste handling | 259 (92.5) | 269 (91.8) | 0.76 |
Children characteristics | |||
 Number of under-five children | 397 | 400 | 0.86 |
 Mean (± SD) age of children (months) | 28.8 (± 15.9) | 29.7 (± 15.1) | 0.04 |
 Male children | 204 (51.4) | 203 (50.8) | 0.89 |
 Measles vaccinated | 291 (85.6) | 305 (85.4) | 0.95 |
 Rota virus vaccinated | 126 (31.7) | 116 (29.3) | 0.46 |
 Two-week prevalence of diarrhea | 80 (20.8) | 86 (21.8) | 0.74 |