Table 1 Balancing Results

Diarrhoeal Prevalence (U4Y)

45.9%

45.7%

1.0

Diarrhoeal Prevalence (6–19)

12.4%

11.4%

0.731

Diarrhoeal Prevalence (20–39)

12.4%

14.3%

0.511

Diarrhoeal Prevalence (40~)

4.3%

4.3%

1.000

Latrine coverage (Unimproved)

60.3%

68.0%

0.036

Latrine coverage (Improved)

0%

0%

-

H/H Head gender (male)

88.6%

89.7%

0.719

H/H Head age

40.1(11.64)

40.85(10.92)

0.401

H/H/H Ethnic group

97.3%

99.4%

0.177

Education level (secondary)

62.4%

62.0%

0.351

Education level (primary)

30.5%

30.9%

0.945

H/H H religion (Christian)

92.4%

97.1%

0.004

Income

25,903 (50,536.12)

23,889 (36,762.34)

0.574

H/H members

6.15(2.26)

6.09(2.28)

0.724

No. of U5C

1.66(0.77)

1.59(0.68)

0.146

Mother/Caretaker’s age

30.19(8.96)

31.08(8.96)

0.192

Youngest under-5 child age (months)

19.83(13.94)

19.95(14.12)

0.907

Latrine Utilization by all members

6.8%

4.6%

0.413

Main source of water (not-protected)

98.6%

94.6%

0.004

Average time for fetching water (minutes)

115.14(11.07)

94.29(10.51)

0.000

Water quantity (liter)

49.94(52.69)

65.06(51.97)

0.000

Duration of water storage (days)

2.75(1.56)

2.46(1.25)

0.008

Water container cleaning

96.6%

97.9%

0.478

Water treatment

3.5%

5.1%

0.359

HW Practice (Before eating)

94.5%

96.3%

0.150

HW Practice (After defecation)

86.6%

83.5%

0.719

HW Practice (Before cooking)

61.9%

62.6%

0.469

HW Practice (After cleaning child buttock)

6.7%

8.2%

0.301

HW Practice (After handling a sick person)

17.6%

14.3%

0.426

Latrine type (covering)

5.8%

2.9%

0.170

Latrine type (roof)

86.1%

81.9%

0.254

Latrine type (superstructure)

65.5%

70.6%

0.271

Latrine type (feces)

24.2%

16.8%

0.050

Latrine type (less than 50 cm)

24.7%

19.3%

0.178

Latrine type (flies)

69.5%

59.7%

0.032

Latrine type (flies quantity)

30.3%

19.7%

0.045