10.17037/DATA.00004705
This controlled before-and-after trial assessed the effectiveness of a district-level Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) intervention with and without locally managed Care Groups (CG) on observed sanitation and hygiene behaviours in rural Chiradzulu District, Malawi. The study was implemented in three sub-districts (also known as Traditional Authorities [TAs]). Two TAs received CLTS, which included an additional low-intensity government-led hygiene promotion campaign. One TA received the standard CLTS intervention (CLTS group), and one received the same intervention but with additional sanitation and hygiene promotion delivered through local Care Groups (CLTS+CG group). The third TA served as the control group. Hygiene and child faeces disposal outcomes were measured by fieldworker direct observation at baseline (April 2023) and endline (March 2024).
The dataset contains hygiene and sanitation outcomes recorded during the trial, containing variables on the data collection round, sub-district location, village ID, village size, road status, household size, household members with a disability, wealth quintile, availability of a water source, availability of handwashing facility, availability of soap, and recorded observation on handwashing and/or hand rinsing practice.
The dataset consists of two files, “CBA_Malawi_hygiene_data” and “CBA_Malawi_sanitation_data”.
The dataset for hygiene outcomes contains 15 variables.
| Variable name | Variable label | Answer label | Answer code | Variable type |
| hh_id | Household ID | - | Numeric | |
| g1_name_of_ta | Name of Traditional Authority | Numeric | ||
| Chitera | 1 | |||
| Nkalo | 2 | |||
| Ntchema | 3 | |||
| village | Village ID | - | Numeric | |
| baseline_endline | Baseline or endline data collection round | Numeric | ||
| Baseline | 1 | |||
| Endline | 2 | |||
| comm_hhmed | Village size above or below median size | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| n_hh_members | Number of household members | - | Numeric | |
| village_improved_road | There is an improved road in the village | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| disability_overall | At least one household member with a disability | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| quintile | Wealth quintile | Numeric | ||
| Quintile 1 | 1 | |||
| Quintile 2 | 2 | |||
| Quintile 3 | 3 | |||
| Quintile 4 | 4 | |||
| Quintile 5 | 5 | |||
| water_source_onsite_onplot | Water source available onsite or on plot | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| sec_out_hw_behav | Observed handwashing with soap | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| sec_out_hw_behav_handrinsing | Observed hand rinsing | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| hand_hygiene_behaviour | Observed handwashing with soap or hand rinsing | Numeric | ||
| No action | 1 | |||
| Hand rinsing | 2 | |||
| Handwashing with soap | 3 | |||
| hw_fac_ava_all | Handwashing facility available (reported or observed) in the household | Numeric | ||
| Handwashing facility reported or observed not available | 0 | |||
| Handwashing facility reported or observed available | 1 | |||
| hy_soap_availability | Soap available (observed) at the handwashing facility | Numeric | ||
| Not applicable - no handwashing facility available | 0 | |||
| Soap or detergent is available | 1 | |||
| Soap or detergent is not available | 2 |
This dataset on sanitation outcome contains 11 variables.
| Variable name | Variable label | Answer label | Answer code | Variable type |
| hh_id | Household ID | - | Numeric | |
| g1_name_of_ta | Name of Traditional Authority | Numeric | ||
| Chitera | 1 | |||
| Nkalo | 2 | |||
| Ntchema | 3 | |||
| village | Village ID | - | Numeric | |
| baseline_endline | Baseline or endline data collection round | Numeric | ||
| Baseline | 1 | |||
| Endline | 2 | |||
| comm_hhmed | Village size above or below median size | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| village_improved_road | There is an improved road in the village | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| n_hh_members | Number of household members | - | Numeric | |
| disability_overall | At least one household member with a disability | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| quintile | Wealth quintile | Numeric | ||
| Quintile 1 | 1 | |||
| Quintile 2 | 2 | |||
| Quintile 3 | 3 | |||
| Quintile 4 | 4 | |||
| Quintile 5 | 5 | |||
| water_source_onsite_onplot | Water source available onsite or on plot | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| sec_out_safe_disposal_child_faeces | Observed safe child faeces disposal | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 |