Table 3 Child and maternal socio-demographic characteristics of study participants (Intervention = 117 and Control = 153)
Intervention | Control | Overall (N = 270) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Child characteristics | |||
Gender of child | |||
Male | 53 | 71 | 124 (45.9%) |
Female | 64 | 82 | 146 (54.1%) |
Child’s age category | |||
6–12 months | 50 | 92 | 142 (52.6%) |
13–23 months | 67 | 61 | 128 (47.4%) |
Maternal characteristics | |||
Age of mother | |||
<20 | 11 | 29 | 40 (14.8%) |
21–30 | 86 | 82 | 168 (62.2%) |
31–40 | 13 | 37 | 50 (18.5%) |
41–49 | 07 | 5 | 12 (4.4%) |
Marital status | |||
Married | 107 | 147 | 254 (94.1%) |
Single | 7 | 6 | 13 (4.8%) |
Separated | 3 | 0 | 3 (1.1%) |
Religion | |||
Christian | 114 | 106 | 220 (81.5%) |
Muslim | 3 | 47 | 50 (18.5%) |