Knowledge and reported practices of men and women on maternal and child health in rural Guinea Bissau: a cross sectional survey

Table 1 Household characteristics

	min	max	mean	SD	median
Interviewee responses
Number of people living in household	3	34	10.5	5.7	9
Number of rooms in household	1	12	4.6	2.1	4
Number of people per room	0.7	12	2.5	1.3	2.3
Number of children living in household	1	12	2.7	1.7	2
Number of bed nets in household	0	13	3.6	2.2	3
	Number of households	%
Time since nets were treated
Not needed or within 6 months	49	15.8
Within 1 year	153	49.4
Never/Don't know	102	32.9
No bed nets	6	1.9
Interviewer observations	Number of households	%
Hand washing facility where food is prepared
Yes	253	81.6
Soap to wash hands Yes		17.1
Latrine type No latrine	58	18.7
Clean*	185	59.7
Covered*	133	42.9
Hand washing facility close to latrine*	8	2.6

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