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Table 1 Demographic and household characteristics of households in rural Andean Peru

From: A factorial cluster-randomised controlled trial combining home-environmental and early child development interventions to improve child health and development: rationale, trial design and baseline findings

 

IHIP+

IHIP

ECD

Control

N

Mean (SD) or % (N)

N

Mean (SD) or % (N)

N

Mean (SD) or % (N)

N

Mean (SD) or % (N)

Demographic characteristics

78

 

79

 

79

 

81

 

 Number of inhabitants per household

 

4.9 (1.5)

 

5.1 (1.7)

 

4.8 (1.4)

 

5.0 (1.5)

 Child sex (female)

 

43.6% (34)

 

50.6% (40)

 

53.2% (42)

 

55.6% (45)

 Child age (years)a

 

1.5 (0.5)

 

1.5 (0.5)

 

1.7 (0.5)

 

1.7 (0.5)

 Child < 1 yeara

 

20.5% (16)

 

20.3% (16)

 

10.1% (8)

 

9.9% (8)

 Age of caretaker (years)

 

27.3 (7.1)

 

28.4 (7.4)

 

27.2 (6.6)

 

28.0 (6.9)

Maternal education

78

 

79

 

79

 

81

 

 None

 

6.4% (5)

 

2.5% (2)

 

5.1% (4)

 

7.4% (6)

 Primary level completed

 

30.8% (24)

 

32.9% (26)

 

27.9% (22)

 

23.5% (19)

 Secondary level completed

 

21.8% (17)

 

6.3% (5)

 

17.7% (14)

 

8.6% (7)

 Higher degrees completed

 

0% (0)

 

3.8% (3)

 

5.1% (4)

 

1.2% (1)

 Years of schoolingb

 

6.1 (3.5)

 

6.1 (3.3)

 

6.9 (3.5)

 

5.6 (3.2)

Household characteristics

78

 

79

 

79

 

81

 

 Adobe wall type

 

89.7% (70)

 

92.4% (73)

 

93.7% (74)

 

100% (81)

 Earthen floor type

 

83.3% (65)

 

89.9% (71)

 

94.9% (75)

 

93.8% (76)

 Roof tile type

 

82.1% (64)

 

87.3% (69)

 

86.1% (68)

 

95.1% (77)

 Household with latrines

 

55.1% (43)

 

53.2% (42)

 

58.2% (46)

 

61.7% (50)

 Piped water supply

 

97.4% (76)

 

98.7% (78)

 

100% (79)

 

98.8% (80)

 Electricity

 

65.4% (51)

 

82.3% (65)

 

77.2% (61)

 

85.2% (69)

  1. a Age calculated for the start of follow-up (April 1st 2016)
  2. b For higher degrees, we assumed: Non-university education not completed (12.5 years), non-university education completed (14 years), university education not completed (13.5 years) and university education completed (16 years)