Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the mother–child pair
Socio-Demographic Characteristic | N (%) |
|---|---|
Child’s age (month) | |
6–24 months | 74 (74) |
25—60 months | 26 (26) |
Child’s sex | |
Female | 46 (46) |
Male | 54 (54) |
Mother’s age (years) | |
15 – 24 | 52 (52) |
25 – 34 | 30 (30) |
35 – 46 | 18 (18) |
Mother’s education level | |
Any Primary School | 12 (12) |
Any High School | 74 (74) |
College or Higher Education | 14 (14) |
Mother’s marital status | |
Cohabitating or Married | 61 (61) |
Single | 39 (39) |
Mother’s race | |
Afro-Colombian | 36 (36) |
Indigenous | 3 (3) |
Mestiza (Mixed-Race) | 51 (51) |
White | 10 (10) |
Mother’s Colombian socio-economic classification | |
Strata 1 (low-low) | 79 (79) |
Strata 2 (low) | 20 (20) |
Strata 3 (low-medium) | 1 (1) |