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Table 2 Household characteristics of houses in Surveillance platform at Ballabgarh for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections SuBhARTI cohort, 2012–13 (n = 2292)

From: Epidemiology of acute respiratory infections in children - preliminary results of a cohort in a rural north Indian community

Household characteristics

Value

% of houses with

 

 Land ownership

42.2

 Head of household with agriculture related occupation

18.1

 Ground water as main source of drinking water

61.8

 Piped water in own house

26.2

 Access to water seal latrine

74.7

 Wood/cow dung as main Fuel used for cooking

69.1

 Tobacco smoker in the HH

60.5

Mean (Standard Deviation) number of

 

 Persons per household

5.97 (2.61)

 Children ≤ 10 years per household

1.75 (1.54)

 Sleeping rooms per household

1.89 (0.98)