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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: ‘This diarrhoea is not a disease …’ local illness concepts and their effects on mothers’ health seeking behaviour: a qualitative study, Shuhair, Yemen

Variable

No.

%

Age

  

 20-

5

16.12

 25-

12

38.70

 30-40

14

45.16

Educational level

 Illiterate

1

3.23

 Primary school

19

61.29

 Secondary school

11

35.48

No. of offspring

 ≤ 2

10

32.26

 > 2

21

67.74

Address

 Level onea

20

64.52

 Level two or threeb

11

35.48

  1. aLevel one includes areas near the health center according to the division of the catchment areas for immunization activities [6].
  2. bLevel two and three include areas away from the health center according to the division of the catchment areas for immunization activities [6].
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