Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the pre-school children and parents/guardians
Variables | Â | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Pre-school children (n = 1038) | ||
 Age (years) | Range | 2 to 9 |
| Â | Mean | 5.7 |
|  | Standard deviation |  ± 1.5 |
 Sex | Girls | 512 (49.3) |
| Â | Boys | 526 (50.7) |
Parents/guardians (n = 1038) | ||
 Age (years) | Range | 19 to 83 |
| Â | Mean | 33.51 |
|  | Standard deviation | ±10.72 |
 Age group | < 25 | 161 (15.5) |
|  | 25–34 | 522 (50.3) |
|  | 35–44 | 211 (20.3) |
|  | 45–54 | 80 (7.7) |
|  | > 54 | 64 (6.2) |
 Age (years) | Mean | 33.4 |
|  | Standard deviation |  ± 1.8 |
 Sex | Female | 865 (83.3) |
| Â | Male | 173 (16.7) |
 Marital status | Married | 862 (83.0) |
| Â | Single | 37 (3.6) |
| Â | Widowed | 139 (13.4) |
 Education level | Primary and below | 801 (77.2) |
| Â | Secondary and above | 237 (22.8) |
Main source of water | Lake | 948 (91.3) |
| Â | Dam | 27 (2.6) |
| Â | Spring | 44 (4.2) |
| Â | Tap | 19 (1.9) |
Parents/guardians FGD Participants (n = 42) | ||
 Age (years) | Range | 19 to 75 |
| Â | Mean | 35.64 |
|  | Standard deviation |  ± 12.7 |
 Sex | Female | 34 (81.0) |
| Â | Male | 8(19.0) |
 Education Level | Primary | 19 (45.2) |
| Â | Secondary | 18 (42.9) |
| Â | Tertiary | 5 (11.9) |