Baseline patient characteristics
Floor, center/civic hospitalBaseline
The following baseline characteristics will be tabulated by treatment arm. No baseline hypothesis tests will be carried out. For categorical variables the overall proportions (with numerators and denominators) will be shown as will the mean and standard deviation of the cluster level proportions. For continuous variables the overall mean and standard deviation will be shown along with the mean and standard deviation of the cluster level means.Cluster-level variables (Table Village sizeDistance to community health center/civic hospitalBaseline characteristics of villagesIndividual-level variables (Table GenderChild’s ageReligionCastePrimary female caregiver (Literacy of female primary caregiverEducation level of female primary caregiverPrimary male caregiver (Literacy of male primary caregiverEducation level of male primary caregiverParents still alive at baselineWealth index 1. Determined by the material the house is made of: 1. Floor, roof and wall materials all natural, 2. Some, but not all, of floor, roof and wall materials are synthetic, 3. Floor, roof and wall materials all synthetic (as in Eble et al., 2020) [Wealth index 2. Number of Items (television, radio, motorbike, 4-wheeled vehicle) owned by the household members.Baseline characteristics