Table 2 Baseline characteristics of participants and households according to wealth quintiles
Characteristics | n (%) or mean ± SD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowest quintile (Q1) | 2nd quintile (Q2) | 3rdquintile (Q3) | 4thquintile (Q4) | Highest quintile (Q5) | |
N = 844 | N = 820 | N = 831 | N = 836 | N = 824 | |
Maternal age | 23.8 ± 5.3 | 24.5 ± 5.3 | 24.3 ± 5.4 | 23.5 ± 5.4 | 22.8 ± 4.8 |
Maternal education | |||||
 No education | 267 (32) | 206 (25) | 93 (11) | 52 (6.2) | 20 (2.4) |
 Up-to primary | 374 (44) | 318 (39) | 314 (38) | 229 (27) | 92 (11) |
 Above primary | 203 (24) | 296 (36) | 424 (51) | 555 (66) | 712 (86) |
Paternal education | |||||
 No education | 486 (58) | 354 (43) | 252 (30) | 129 (15) | 39 (4.7) |
 Up to Primary | 264 (31) | 285 (35) | 293 (35) | 281 (34) | 130 (16) |
 Above primary | 92 (11) | 179 (22) | 283 (34) | 424 (51) | 654 (79) |
Monthly household income (US$) | 73 ± 1.1 | 88 ± 1.5 | 108 ± 1.9 | 147 ± 3.1 | 252 ± 5.0 |
People/Household | 3.5 ± 0.04 | 4.0 ± 0.05 | 4.4 ± 0.06 | 5.1 ± 0.07 | 6.5 ± 0.09 |
Children< 3 years /household | 0.22 ± 0.014 | 0.20 ± 0.014 | 0.18 ± 0.014 | 0.21 ± 0.015 | 0.29 ± 0.014 |
Children< 3 years /compound | 0.82 ± 0.03 | 0.74 ± 0.03 | 0.64 ± 0.03 | 0.59 ± 0.03 | 0.55 ± 0.03 |
Own home | 803 (95) | 803 (98) | 822 (99) | 831 (99) | 821 (100) |
Own latrine | 757 (90) | 774 (94) | 803 (97) | 818 (98) | 821 (100) |
Had a child potty | 13 (1.5) | 10 (1.2) | 18 (2.2) | 51 (6.1) | 89 (11) |
Hectares of owned agricultural land (mean ± SD) | 0.13 ± 0.014 | 0.17 ± 0.011 | 0.22 ± 0.010 | 0.38 ± 0.017 | 0.80 ± 0.039 |
Household have own n (%) | |||||
 Electricity | 151 (18) | 369 (45) | 521 (63) | 643 (77) | 751 (91) |
 Refrigerator | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 18 (2.2) | 311 (38) |
 Mobile phone | 476 (56) | 673 (82) | 778 (94) | 808 (97) | 819 (99) |
 Television | 5 (0.6) | 51 (6.2) | 201 (24) | 362 (43) | 622 (75) |
 Motorcycle | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.6) | 42 (5.0) | 220 (26.7) |