Table 1 Demographic & socio-economic status
Demographic information, N = 979 | ||
|---|---|---|
Maternal Age (years) (mean ± SD, range) | 26.5 ± 4.9 | (16, 46) |
Gravity (mean ± SD, range) | 1.8 ± 1.0 | (1,6) |
Parity (mean ± SD, range) | 1.6 ± 0.7 | (1, 6) |
Rural residence (n,%)* | 496 | 54% |
Household economic Quintile, N = 913* | N | % |
Lowest | 161 | 18 |
Below average | 208 | 23 |
Average | 231 | 25 |
Above average | 175 | 19 |
Highest | 138 | 15 |
Total | 913 | 100 |
Occupation of head of household, N = 781* | n | % |
Farmer | 222 | 28 |
Business owner/trade worker | 164 | 21 |
Factory worker/laborer | 163 | 21 |
Government official | 81 | 10 |
Handicraft | 62 | 8 |
In vocational training | 53 | 7 |
Unemployed | 17 | 2 |
Student | 3 | <1 |
Housewife | 3 | <1 |
Retired | 2 | <1 |
Elderly | 1 | <1 |
Other | 10 | 1 |
Total | 781 | 100 |
Education level, N = 781* | n | % |
Illiterate | 4 | 0.5 |
Primary school | 27 | 3 |
Secondary school | 378 | 48 |
High school | 205 | 26 |
Vocational school | 69 | 9 |
College | 30 | 4 |
University | 63 | 8 |
Post-graduate | 5 | 0.6 |
Total | 781 | 100 |