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Table 1 Basic socio-demographic characteristics with an urban-rural comparison.

From: Low adherence to exclusive breastfeeding in Eastern Uganda: A community-based cross-sectional study comparing dietary recall since birth with 24-hour recall

 

Urban n (%)

Rural n (%)

Residence

326 (100)

401 (100)

Head of household

  

   Male

309 (95.1)

379 (94.5)

   Female

16 (4.9)

22 (5.5)

Mother's age

  

   ≤19

65 (20.1)

64 (16.2)

   20 – 24

126 (38.9)

121 (30.6)

   25 – 29

56 (17.3)

90 (22.7)

   ≥30

77 (23.8)

121 (30.6)

Marital status

  

   Traditional marriage

254 (77.9)

330 (82.3)

   Religious and civil marriage

39 (12.0)

39 (9.7)

   Other: Single/Widowed/Separated/Divorced/No answer

33 (10.1)

32 (8.0)

Mother's education

  

   None

27 (8.3)

32 (8.0)

   Stopped in primary

103 (31.6)

198 (49.4)

   Completed primary

61 (18.7)

78 (19.5)

   Secondary lower

67 (20.6)

66 (16.5)

   Secondary higher and above

68 (20.9)

27 (6.7)

Father's educationa

  

   None

20 (7.5)

20 (5.7)

   Stopped in primary

42 (15.7)

119 (34.2)

   Completed primary

55 (20.6)

99 (28.4)

   Secondary lower

45 (16.9)

56 (16.1)

   Secondary higher and above

105 (39.3)

54 (15.5)

Mother's work

  

   Farming

139 (42.6)

368 (92.2)

   Do not farm

187 (57.4)

31 (7.8)

   Additional job

84 (25.8)

49 (12.4)

   No additional job

241 (74.2)

345 (87.6)

Father's work

  

   Farming

92 (30.5)

270 (71.4)

   Do not farm

210 (69.5)

108 (28.6)

   Additional job

265 (87.7)

235 (63.5)

   No additional job

37 (12.3)

135 (36.5)

Religion; 3 main denominations

  

   Protestant

122 (37.3)

114 (28.6)

   Catholic

68 (21.0)

37 (9.3)

   Muslim

134 (41.4)

399 (55.2)

Owning land

  

   Yes

220 (68.1)

341 (87.0)

   No

103 (31.9)

51 (13.0)

Socio-economic wealth index

  

   Bottom quintile

31 (9.6)

62 (15.5)

   2nd quintile

58 (18.0)

74 (18.5)

   3rd quintile

83 (25.8)

101 (25.3)

   4th quintile

75 (23.3)

75 (18.8)

   Top quintile

75 (23.3)

87 (21.8)

Gender of infant

  

   Girl

156 (47.9)

190 (47.4)

   Boy

170 (52.1)

211 (52.6)

Age of infant

  

   < 3 months

101 (31.0)

117 (29.2)

   3 – 5 months

81 (24.8)

115 (28.7)

   6 – 8 months

90 (27.6)

84 (20.9)

   9 – 11 months

54 (16.6)

85 (21.2)

Number of siblings

  

   None

104 (32.0)

71 (17.8)

   1

74 (22.8)

74 (18.5)

   2–3

88 (27.1)

108 (27.1)

   ≥4

59 (18.2)

146 (36.6)

The infant was weighed at birth

  

   Yes

194 (59.7)

143 (36.0)

   No

131 (40.3)

254 (64.0)

Owning a Child health card or any other written statementa

  

   Yes

192 (74.4)

154 (59.0)

   No

66 (25.6)

107 (41.0)

Adequately immunised for age

  

   Yes

126 (38.7)

107 (26.7)

   No

200 (61.3)

294 (73.3)

  1. a> 10% missing values