Table 1 Demographics, education, household characteristics, location and principal components analysis socioeconomic status score based on house construction materials and infrastructure, and household assets in case and control children enrolled in three subdistricts in Sylhet, Bangladesh (July 2015–September 2017)
Clinic-matched sets (n = 1893) | Community-matched sets (n = 1832) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case | Clinic control | p-value | Case | Community control | p-value | |
Demographic variables | ||||||
Age in months, mean (SD) | 11 (7.2) | 11 (7.1) | 0.95 | 11 (7.1) | 10.7 (6.9) | 0.20 |
Boys, n (%) | 844 (46) | 1703 (46) | 1.00 | 876 (46) | 1966 (46) | 0.96 |
Maternal education, mean (SD) | 5.5 (3.3) | 6.3 (3.3) | < 0.001 | 5.5 (3.3) | 6.1 (3.4) | < 0.001 |
Family, n (%) or mean (SD) | ||||||
Family owns the house | 1653 (90) | 3481 (94) | < 0.001 | 1707 (90) | 3863 (91) | 0.24 |
Father resides at home | 1571 (86) | 2916 (79) | < 0.001 | 1624 (86) | 3384 (80) | < 0.001 |
Mother empowered to make decisions | 516 (28) | 1092 (30) | 0.30 | 551 (29) | 1237 (29) | 0.97 |
Mother takes for sick care | 755 (41) | 1208 (33) | < 0.001 | 782 (41) | 1913 (45) | < 0.01 |
Uses clean cooking stove and fuel | 94 (5) | 307 (8) | < 0.001 | 98 (5) | 388 (9) | < 0.001 |
Number of children under five in household | 1.8 (0.8) | 1.8 (0.9) | 0.58 | 1.8 (0.9) | 1.7 (0.8) | < 0.001 |
Upazila (Sylhet subdistrict) | ||||||
Beanibazar, n (%) | 530 (29) | 1089 (29) | 0.82 | 543 (29) | 1209 (29) | 0.79 |
Zakiganj, n (%) | 519 (28) | 1020 (28) | 528 (28) | 1223 (29) | ||
Kanaighat, n (%) | 783 (43) | 1587 (43) | 822 (43) | 1806 (43) | ||
SES score, mean (SD) | 0.4 (1.6) | -0.2 (2) | < 0.001 | 0.4 (1.6) | 0 (1.9) | < 0.001 |