Descriptive statistics of the study sample at baseline and endline
| Study population characteristics | Baseline | Endline | ||
| Intervention N=134, % | Control N=136, % | Intervention N=126, % | Control N=122, % | |
| Has a child under the age of 2* | 85 (64) | 85 (63) | 69 (52) | 63 (52) |
| Currently lactating* | 66 (49) | 66 (49) | 55 (44) | 50 (41) |
| Currently pregnant* | 15 (11) | 16 (12) | 13 (10) | 7 (6) |
| Completion of any schooling beyond primary school (eighth grade)* | 23 (17) | 24 (18) | 27 (21) | 18 (15) |
| Currently married | 117 (87) | 122 (90) | 116 (92) | 106 (87) |
| Surface water as main source | ||||
| For drinking water | 68 (51) | 70 (52) | 69 (55) | 57 (47) |
| For cooking | 89 (66) | 108 (80) | 88 (70) | 82 (67) |
| For cleaning | 91 (70) | 111 (82) | 92 (73) | 85 (70) |
| Travel time to and from main source of drinking water is 30+ min | 98 (73) | 111 (82) | 80 (64) | 93 (76) |
| Household access to a functional latrine | 61 (46) | 59 (43) | 53 (42) | 55 (45) |
| Participants who reported open defecating at last time of defecation | 39 (29) | 54 (40) | 38 (30) | 39 (32) |
| Participants who reported child aged 0–24 months defecating on ground at last time of defecation† | 45 (53) | 43 (51) | 30 (44) | 27 (44) |
| Participants who reported disposing of child (6–24 months) faeces in an unsafe place (field, water source, etc)‡ | 21 (34) | 29 (41) | 21 (30) | 19 (32) |
*Characteristic used to assess balance between study arms.
†Denominator based on the number of households with a child under the age of 2 at the time of the survey.
‡Denominator based on the number of households with a child between the ages of 6 and 24 months at the time of survey.