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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants in the Peer Educator Nutrition Training (PeerENT) study to determine the feasibility of training new mothers as peer nutrition educators

From: Peer education is a feasible method of disseminating information related to child nutrition and feeding between new mothers

Mother age

Responses (n = 34)

 18 to 24 years

2 (6%)

 25 – 31 years

14 (41%)

 32 – 41 years

17(50%)

 42 – 51 years

1 (3%)

Number of children

Responses (n = 34)

 One

27 (79%)

 Two

6 (18%)

 Three

1 (3%)

Child age

Responses (n = 33)

 6 - 8 months

3 (9%)

 9 – 11 months

4 (12%)

 12 – 15 months

0 (0%)

 16 – 18 months

4 (12%)

 19 – 21 months

5 (15%)

 21 – 24 months

1 (3%)

 Over 24 months

16 (47%)