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Table 1 Socio-demographic characters of the mothers (cases and controls)

From: Maternal depression and malnutrition in children in southwest Uganda: a case control study

Variables

Malnutrition in children

Total (%)

 

Cases (n = 83)

Controls (n = 83)

X2 (p-value)*

Proportion (%)

Proportion (%)

Mother’s age

 18–24

41 (25 %)

36 (22 %)

77 (47 %)

1.29 (0.53)

 25–30

26 (16 %)

33 (20 %)

59 (36 %)

  > 30

16 (10 %)

14 (8 %)

30 (18 %)

Mother’s marital status

 Married

60 (36 %)

65 (39 %)

125 (75 %)

0.81 (0.37)

 Single/Separated/widowed

23 (14 %)

18 (11 %)

41 (25 %)

Mother’s level of education

 Lower primary (p1-p4)

33 (20 %)

19 (11 %)

52 (31 %)

5.53 (0.06)

 Upper primary (p5-p7)

35 (21 %)

46 (28 %)

81 (49 %)

 High school or more

15 (9 %)

18 (11 %)

33 (20 %)

Mother’s occupation

 Peasant farmer

57 (34 %)

46 (28)

104 (63 %)

4.27 (0.12)

 Retail business

13 (8 %)

24 (15 %)

37 (22 %)

 Casual labor/no occupation

13 (8 %)

12 (7 %)

25 (15 %)

Mother’s source of income

 Farming

48 (29 %)

37 (22 %)

85 (57 %)

3.70 (0.16)

 Retail business

21 (13 %)

32 (19)

53 (32 %)

 Casual laborer/no source of income

14 (5 %)

14 (5 %)

28 (10 %)

Number of children

 1–2

44 (27 %)

43 (26 %)

87 (53 %)

0.40 (0.82)

 3–4

26 (16 %)

24 (14 %)

50 (30 %)

 >4 children

13 (9 %)

16 (10 %)

29 (18 %)

  1. * = p ≤ 0.05