Table 2 Maternal Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants (N=286)
| Â | Exposed | Un-exposed | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Number (n) | Percentage (%) | Number (n) | Percentage (%) | Number (n) | Percentage (%) |
Age of mother in years(Mean 29.7, SD 5.8) | ||||||
 13–20 | 7 | 4.1 | 2 | 1.8 | 9 | 3.2 |
 21–30 | 90 | 52.3 | 71 | 62.2 | 161 | 56.3 |
 31 above | 75 | 43.6 | 41 | 36 | 116 | 40.6 |
Maternal occupation | ||||||
 Farmer | 172 | 60 |  |  | 172 | 60 |
 Non –farmers | 144 | 40 |  |  | 114 | 40 |
Mothers education level | ||||||
 No formal education | 32 | 18.6 | 18 | 15.79 | 50 | 17 |
 Primary | 113 | 65.7 | 49 | 42.98 | 162 | 56.64 |
 Secondary | 23 | 13.37 | 31 | 27.19 | 54 | 18.88 |
 College | 4 | 2.33 | 16 | 14.04 | 20 | 6.99 |
Field Mass Index (FMI) (Mean 1.53, SD I.64) | ||||||
 Home cultivation | 173 | 60.49 |  |  |  |  |
 Yard/farm cultivation | 113 | 39.51 |  |  |  |  |
Exposure Duration (years) | ||||||
 1 | 63 | 47 |  |  |  |  |
 More than 1 | 70 | 52.6 |  |  |  |  |
Cluster of dominance | ||||||
 Ihemi | 66 | 38.37 | 28 | 24.56 | 94 | 32.9 |
 Kilombero | 49 | 28.49 | 35 | 30.7 | 84 | 29.4 |
 Ludewa | 27 | 15.7 | 33 | 28.95 | 48 | 16.8 |
 Mbarali | 30 | 17.44 | 18 | 15.79 | 60 | 21.0 |