Table 1 Baseline characteristics of enrolled households and children
Child characteristic | Treatment arm | Total (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Control (%) | Intervention (%) | |||
Gender of child | Female | 1293 (46.9) | 1346 (48.9) | 2639 (47.9) |
Male | 1465 (53.1) | 1404 (51.1) | 2869 (52.1) | |
Age of child at entry in years (months) | < 1 Year old (0–11) | 764 (27.7) | 811 (29.5) | 1575 (28.6) |
1 Year old (12–23) | 774 (28.1) | 748 (27.2) | 1522 (27.6) | |
2 Years old (24–35) | 745 (27.0) | 690 (25.1) | 1435 (26.1) | |
3 Years old (36–47) | 475 (17.2) | 501 (18.2) | 976 (17.7) | |
Child ALRI status at baseline | No | 2229 (80.8) | 2225 (80.9) | 4454 (80.9) |
Yes | 529 (19.2) | 525 (19.1) | 1054 (19.1) | |
Location of cooking quarter | Inside the living house | 1008 (36.5) | 972 (35.3) | 1980 (35.9) |
Separate kitchen | 1750 (63.5) | 1778 (64.7) | 3528 (64.1) | |
Secondary cookstove type | Traditional stove | 2539 (92.1) | 2524 (91.8) | 5063 (91.9) |
Improved stove | 219 (7.9) | 226 (8.2) | 445 (8.1) | |
Frequency of “Injera” baking event | One or more per day | 383 (13.9) | 372 (13.5) | 755 (13.7) |
Every other day | 303 (11.0) | 292 (10.6) | 595 (10.8) | |
Every 3 days | 2014 (73.0) | 2035 (74.0) | 4049 (73.5) | |
Every 4 or more days | 58 (2.1) | 51 (1.9) | 109 (2.0) | |
Total (%) | 2758 (100) | 2750 (100) | 5508 (100) | |