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Table 1 Child Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants (N=286)

From: Maternal pesticide exposure and child neuro-development among smallholder tomato farmers in the southern corridor of Tanzania

 

Exposed

Un-Exposed

Total

Variable

Number(n)

Percentage (%)

Number(n)

Percentage (%)

Number(n)

Percentage (%)

Age of child in months. (Mean 2.32 Sd 1.41)

 0–2 months

1

0.6

0

0

1

0.35

 2–12 months

26

15.1

18

15.8

44

15.38

 13–48 months

134

77.9

74

64.9

208

72.73

 49–72 months

11

6.4

22

19.3

33

11.54

Child Gender

 Female

103

59.80

67

58.77

170

59.44

 Male

69

40.12

47

41.23

116

40.56

Child labor at farm

 Yes

30

23.81

1

50

31

25

 No

95

75.40

1

50

96

75