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Table 2 Mother and Father Independent Variable Frequencies

From: A National Communications Campaign to decrease childhood stunting in Tanzania: an analysis of the factors associated with exposure

Mother Independent Variables

Variable

Category

Number/Mean

Percent/SD

Received Antenatal Care

 

4088

82.47%

Number of children

 

3.38

2.23

Father Help at Home During Pregnancy

 

Rarely or never

1676

35.64%

Neither frequently nor infrequently

539

11.46%

Frequently

2487

52.89%

Get money from own employment

 

2175

43.53%

Decision Making at Home

 

Father Alone

1536

30.75%

Mother alone makes decisions

1821

36.46%

Mother and father jointly make decisions

1502

30.07%

Someone else makes the decisions

136

2.72%

Last watched TV

 

Never

342

6.93%

More than a month ago

2212

44.85%

In the last month

715

14.50%

In the last 7 days

779

15.79%

Yesterday

567

11.50%

Today

317

6.43%

Last Listened to radio

 

Never

101

2.05%

More than a month ago

1521

30.85%

In the last month

675

13.69%

In the last 7 days

897

18.19%

Yesterday

880

17.85%

Today

856

17.36%

Owns a cellphone

 

2482

49.68%

Father Independent Variables

Variable

Category

Number

Percent

Get money from own employment

 

3028

98.25%

Last listened to radio

 

Never

835

27.18%

More than a month ago

27

0.88%

In the last month

437

14.23%

In the last 7 days

358

11.65%

Yesterday

708

23.05%

Today

707

23.01%

Last watched TV

 

Never

65

2.12%

More than a month ago

752

24.52%

In the last month

510

16.63%

In the last 7 days

878

28.63%

Yesterday

661

21.55%

Today

201

6.55%

Owns a cellphone

 

2417

78.42%