Descriptive frequencies of demographics and socioeconomic characteristics for women in the datasets before matching
| Characteristic | 0% community sanitation coverage (n, %) | 1%–30% community sanitation coverage (n, %) | 31%–60% community sanitation coverage (n, %) | 61%–99% community sanitation coverage (n, %) | 100% community sanitation coverage (n, %) | χ2 p value |
| N=96 933 | N=217 438 | N=167 602 | N=499 345 | N=647 100 | ||
| Parity | <0.001 | |||||
| 1 | 18 971 (19.6%) | 46 704 (21.5%) | 38 527 (23.0%) | 119 832 (24.0%) | 182 198 (28.2%) | |
| 2 | 13 576 (14.0%) | 33 189 (15.3%) | 27 076 (16.2%) | 80 894 (16.2%) | 124 087 (19.2%) | |
| 3 | 4747 (4.9%) | 12 688 (5.8%) | 9865 (5.9%) | 27 007 (5.4%) | 38 734 (6.0%) | |
| 4 | 46 631 (48.1%) | 97 567 (44.9%) | 71 409 (42.6%) | 213 382 (42.7%) | 241 848 (37.4%) | |
| ≥5 | 13 008 (13.4%) | 27 290 (12.6%) | 20 725 (12.4%) | 58 230 (11.7%) | 60 233 (9.3%) | |
| Wealth quintile | <0.001 | |||||
| 1 | 52 434 (54.2%) | 92 018 (42.4%) | 55 677 (33.3%) | 123 505 (24.8%) | 98 640 (15.3%) | |
| 2 | 20 336 (21.0%) | 53 527 (24.7%) | 40 784 (24.4%) | 107 096 (21.5%) | 113 400 (17.5%) | |
| 3 | 14 749 (15.2%) | 41 709 (19.2%) | 35 807 (21.4%) | 110 310 (22.1%) | 130 368 (20.2%) | |
| 4 | 7341 (7.6%) | 22 579 (10.4%) | 23 971 (14.3%) | 89 576 (18.0%) | 139 652 (21.6%) | |
| 5 | 1966 (2.0%) | 7311 (3.4%) | 11 163 (6.7%) | 68 123 (13.7%) | 164 287 (25.4%) | |
| Mother’s education | <0.001 | |||||
| None | 67 388 (69.6%) | 117 996 (54.6%) | 71 694 (43.2%) | 157 957 (31.9%) | 107 664 (16.8%) | |
| Some primary | 15 969 (16.5%) | 40 198 (18.6%) | 35 375 (21.3%) | 126 935 (25.6%) | 103 577 (16.2%) | |
| Completed primary | 4041 (4.2%) | 15 978 (7.4%) | 15 583 (9.4%) | 58 992 (11.9%) | 81 527 (12.7%) | |
| Higher than primary | 9415 (9.7%) | 42 018 (19.4%) | 43 280 (26.1%) | 151 496 (30.6%) | 346 911 (54.2%) | |
| Antenatal care quintile* | <0.001 | |||||
| 1 | 14 317 (35.1%) | 37 596 (31.6%) | 27 457 (27.1%) | 77 975 (23.5%) | 94 209 (20.5%) | |
| 2 | 10 077 (24.7%) | 28 651 (24.1%) | 25 528 (25.2%) | 82 742 (25.0%) | 132 447 (28.8%) | |
| 3 | 9185 (22.5%) | 29 232 (24.6%) | 26 636 (26.3%) | 85 478 (25.8%) | 115 403 (25.1%) | |
| 4 | 4182 (10.3%) | 12 132 (10.2%) | 11 466 (11.3%) | 50 163 (15.1%) | 69 923 (15.2%) | |
| 5 | 3025 (7.4%) | 11 229 (9.4%) | 10 365 (10.2%) | 35 194 (10.6%) | 47 733 (10.4%) | |
| Urban residence | 91 314 (94.2%) | 201 884 (92.8%) | 142 957 (85.3%) | 355 060 (71.1%) | 269 283 (41.6%) | <0.001 |
| Mother ˂150 cm | 14 320 (21.9%) | 41 456 (26.3%) | 31 417 (26.3%) | 72 625 (22.8%) | 85 088 (19.7%) | <0.001 |
| Male child | 49 562 (51.1%) | 112 769 (51.9%) | 86 824 (51.8%) | 256 967 (51.5%) | 333 468 (51.5%) | <0.001 |
| Delivery in a facility | 29 943 (30.9%) | 97 533 (44.9%) | 87 464 (52.2%) | 295 282 (59.2%) | 482 432 (74.6%) | <0.001 |