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Table 2 Caregiver characteristics

From: Rational use of antibiotics by community health workers and caregivers for children with suspected pneumonia in Zambia: a cross-sectional mixed methods study

Caregiver characteristics

Mothers

N = 51

Others

N = 4

Total

N = 55

Age of caregiver (years)

  < 30

29 (57 %)

0 (0 %)

29 (53 %)

  > = 30

22 (43 %)

4 (100 %)

26 (47 %)

Highest Education

 None

3 (6 %)

1 (25 %)

4 (7 %)

 Primary

42 (82 %)

3 (75 %)

45 (82 %)

 Secondary or above

6 (12 %)

0 (0 %)

6 (11 %)

Age of child

 2–11 months

16 (31 %)

0 (0 %)

16 (29 %)

 12–59 months

24 (47 %)

2 (50 %)

26 (47 %)

 Not specified

11 (22 %)

2 (50 %)

13 (24 %)