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Table 1 Characteristics of included versus excluded participants

From: Diarrhoeal outcomes in young children depend on diarrhoeal cases of other household members: a cross-sectional study of 16,025 people in rural Uganda

n (%) or median (IQR)

All

Includeda

Excludeda

P-valueb

n = 16025

(n = 9507)

(n = 6518)

Diarrhoeal prevalence

    

 Overall prevalence

2188 (13.7)

1413 (14.9)

775 (11.9)

< 0.01

 Prevalence by age

    

  1–4

439 (18.5)

439 (18.5)

0 (0.0)

 

  5–14

768 (13.6)

466 (14.7)

302 (12.2)

< 0.01

  15–49

852 (12.4)

471 (13.1)

381 (11.7)

0.07

  ≥ 50

129 (11.1)

37 (10.0)

92 (11.7)

0.38

Socio-demographic characteristics

    

 Age (excluding < 5 years), mean (SD)c

22.6 (16.3)

20.8 (14.6)

24.6 (17.8)

< 0.01

 Female

8091 (50.5)

4912 (51.7)

3179 (48.8)

< 0.01

 Education, highest level attained in household

7 (6–9)

7 (6–9)

7 (5–9)

< 0.01

 Household in village majority tribe

6381 (39.9)

3826 (40.2)

2555 (39.2)

0.18

 Muslim household head

5011 (31.8)

3323 (35.0)

1688 (25.9)

< 0.01

 Household w/ social status in village

1782 (11.1)

1000 (10.5)

782 (12)

< 0.01

 Household sized

6.0 (4–8)

7.0 (5–9)

5.0 (3–7)

< 0.01

 Years household settled in village

13 (6–22)

11 (5–20)

15 (8–25)

< 0.01

 Household has electricity

998 (6.2)

546 (5.7)

452 (6.9)

< 0.01

 Home quality score

6 (3–9)

6 (3–9)

6 (3–9)

0.03

 Home has mud floor

13,010 (81.2)

7888 (83.0)

5122 (78.6)

< 0.01

 Home owned by household heade

14,279 (89.6)

8405 (88.8)

5874 (90.7)

< 0.01

WASH characteristics

    

 20 L water available per household member

9827 (61.3)

5859 (61.6)

3968 (60.9)

0.338

 Household purifies drinking water

6531 (40.8)

3821 (40.2)

2710 (41.6)

0.08

 Improved drinking water

10 989 (68.6)

6528 (59.4)

4451 (40.6)

0.76

 Improved sanitation

2437 (15.2)

1472 (15.5)

965 (14.8)

0.24

 Public tap

10 675 (66.6)

6071 (63.9)

4604 (70.6)

< 0.01

 Public latrine

4241 (26.5)

2655 (27.9)

1586 (24.3)

< 0.01

Ecological characteristics

    

 Rice paddy

11 925 (74.4)

7140 (75.1)

4785 (73.4)

0.02

 Distance to Lake > 0.50 km

9023 (56.3)

5094 (53.6)

3929 (60.3)

< 0.01

 Landing site or beach in village

12,490 (77.9)

7328 (77.1)

5162 (79.2)

< 0.01

 ≥ 3 roads in village

7821 (48.8)

4888 (51.4)

2933 (45.0)

< 0.01

Total homes

   

< 0.01

 <100

293 (1.8)

222 (2.3)

71 (1.1)

 

 100–199

7448 (46.5)

4665 (49.1)

2783 (42.7)

 

 200–299

3921 (24.5)

2212 (23.3)

1709 (26.2)

 

 ≥300

4363 (27.2)

2408 (25.3)

1955 (30.0)

 

Mean distance (metres) btw households in same village

376.0 (335.3-470.2)

376.0 (335.3-505.4)

376.0 (335.3-470.2)

0.76

  1. Italic values represent the median and IQR, whereas non-italic values are counts and percentages
  2. aOf the 16,025 participants in 3421 households, 9507 (59.3%) lived in 1632 (47.7%) households with a young child (1–4 years) and were included in analyses, and 6518 (40.7%) lived in 1789 (52.3%) households without a young child and were excluded in analyses
  3. bPearson χ² and Wilcoxon rank sum tests comparing included and excluded participants
  4. cExcluded participants. 13,657; 7139; 6518 individuals aged five years and older for the full study population, included only, and excluded only, respectively
  5. dMeasured in number of individuals aged ≥ 1 year in the household (n = 16 025)
  6. eHome ownership has 15,944; 14,279; 1665 individuals for the full study population, included only, and excluded only, respectively, due to missing observations
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