Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Mothers age (years) | &濒迟;鈥�20 | 16 | 4.1 |
20鈥�34 | 316 | 81.0 | |
&驳迟;鈥�34 | 58 | 14.9 | |
Religion | Christianity | 1 | 0.3 |
Islam | 394 | 99.7 | |
Marital status | Married | 393 | 99.5 |
Separated | 2 | 0.5 | |
Ethnicity | Dagomba | 375 | 94.8 |
Gonja | 8 | 2.0 | |
Mampurisi | 5 | 1.3 | |
Others | 7 | 1.9 | |
Employment status | Self-employed | 209 | 52.9 |
Employed | 7 | 1.8 | |
Unemployed | 179 | 45.3 | |
Mother鈥檚 highest educational level completed | None | 220 | 55.6 |
Primary | 86 | 21.8 | |
Middle/jhs | 56 | 14.2 | |
Shs/vocational training | 26 | 6.6 | |
Tertiary | 7 | 1.8 | |
Household monthly income (骋贬然) | &濒迟;鈥�500 | 381 | 96.5 |
500鈥�999 | 8 | 2.0 | |
1000鈥�1500 | 3 | 0.8 | |
&驳迟;鈥�1500 | 3 | 0.8 | |
Average period between births | Less than a year | 69 | 17.7 |
1 year | 7 | 1.8 | |
2 years | 31 | 7.8 | |
More than 2 years | 285 | 72.7 | |
Age of the child (in months) | 6鈥�8 | 102 | 25.8 |
9鈥�23 | 293 | 74.2 | |
sex of the child | Male | 192 | 48.6 |
Female | 203 | 51.4 |