Women empowerment and minimum daily meal frequency among infants and young children in Ghana: analysis of Ghana demographic and health survey

Table 1 Background characteristics of the respondents, categorical variables (n = 1640)

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
Sex of child	Male	851	51.88
Sex of child	Female	789	48.12
Age of mother (Years)	15–19	95	5.81
	20–24	296	18.01
	25–29	466	28.4
	30–34	372	22.7
	35–39	281	17.13
	40–44	104	6.37
	45–49	26	1.58
Place of residence	Urban	739	45.09
Place of residence	Rural	901	54.91
Educational level	No education	435	26.55
	Primary	308	18.75
	Secondary	825	50.3
	Higher	72	4.4
Age of child (Months)	6 to 8	309	18.87
	9 to 11	270	16.46
	12 to 17	563	34.35
	18 to 23	498	30.32
Level of wealth designation	Poorest	365	22.26
	Poorer	353	21.55
	Middle	303	18.45
	Richer	333	20.3
	Richest	286	17.44

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