Table 1 Demographic characteristics of mothers and children (6–24 months)
Variables | Frequency n (%) |
|---|---|
Age of mother/caregiver (years) | |
Less than 20 | 33 (7.8) |
20–29 | 264 (62.6) |
30 and above | 125 (29.6) |
Educational level | |
No formal education | 84 (19.9) |
Primary | 60 (14.2) |
Middle school/JHS | 134 (31.8) |
A’Level/SHS | 89 (21.1) |
Tertiary | 55 (13.0) |
Marital status | |
Married | 374 (88.6) |
Not married | 48 (11.4) |
Religion | |
Christianity | 370 (87.7) |
Islam | 29 (6.9) |
Traditionalist | 4 (0.9) |
Free thinker | 19 (4.5) |
Ethnicity | |
Kassena | 262 (62.1) |
Nankana | 116 (27.5) |
Frafra | 28 (6.6) |
Others | 16 (3.7) |
Occupation | |
Salary worker | 54 (12.8) |
Trading/business | 175 (41.5) |
Farming | 125 (29.6) |
Artisan | 34 (8.1) |
Unemployed | 34 (8.1) |
Relationship with child | |
Mother | 416 (98.6) |
Caregiver | 6 (1.4) |
Age of child (months) | |
Below 12 | 190 (45.0) |
12–23 | 174 (41.2) |
24 months | 58 (13.8) |
Sex of child | |
Male | 231 (54.7) |
Female | 191 (45.3) |