Table 2 Participant characteristics, PSYCa 6–36 cross-cultural validation study, Kenya, Cambodia, Uganda
Socio-demographic | Kenya 1 (n = 319) | Kenya 2 (n = 215) | Cambodia (n = 148) | Uganda (n = 142) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Age of the child (months) | ||||||||
6–11 | 77 | 24.1 | 58 | 27.0 | 26 | 17.6 | 31 | 21.8 |
12–17 | 66 | 20.7 | 58 | 27.0 | 31 | 21.0 | 45 | 31.7 |
18–23 | 55 | 17.2 | 36 | 16.7 | 34 | 23.0 | 17 | 12.0 |
24–29 | 70 | 21.9 | 28 | 13.0 | 26 | 17.6 | 24 | 16.9 |
30–36 | 51 | 16.0 | 35 | 16.3 | 31 | 21.0 | 25 | 17.6 |
Sex of the child | ||||||||
Boy | 158 | 49.5 | 123 | 57.2 | 85 | 57.4 | 77 | 54.2 |
Caregiver-child relation | ||||||||
Mother | 299 | 93.7 | 209 | 97.2 | 103 | 69.6 | 136 | 95.8 |
Father | 11 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 5 | 3.4 | 2 | 1.4 |
Grandmother | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.9 | 33 | 22.3 | 2 | 1.4 |
Other (mostly aunt or grandfather) | 6 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 7 | 4.7 | 2 | 1.4 |
Household size (including the child and the caregiver) | ||||||||
2 or 3 persons | 99 | 31.0 | 83 | 38.6 | 14 | 9.5 | 57 | 40.1 |
4 or 5 persons | 149 | 46.7 | 98 | 45.6 | 58 | 39.2 | 57 | 40.1 |
6 to 13 persons | 71 | 22.3 | 34 | 15.8 | 75 | 51.4 | 28 | 19.8 |
Number of children < 5 years (including the child) | ||||||||
1 | 222 | 69.6 | 152 | 70.7 | 37 | 25.0 | 78 | 54.9 |
2 | 92 | 28.8 | 54 | 25.1 | 54 | 36.5 | 53 | 37.3 |
3 to 8 | 5 | 1.6 | 9 | 4.2 | 57 | 38.5 | 11 | 7.8 |
Alive siblings from same mother living in same Household | ||||||||
0 | 125 | 39.2 | 91 | 42.3 | 61 | 41.2 | 55 | 38.7 |
1 | 95 | 29.8 | 69 | 32.1 | 47 | 31.8 | 35 | 24.6 |
2 | 54 | 16.9 | 33 | 15.4 | 25 | 16.9 | 27 | 19.1 |
3 to 5 | 45 | 14.1 | 22 | 10.2 | 15 | 10.1 | 25 | 17.6 |
Parents with which the child usually lives | ||||||||
Both mother and father | 262 | 82.1 | 182 | 84.7 | 138 | 93.2 | 105 | 73.9 |
Mother only | 51 | 16.0 | 29 | 13.5 | 4 | 2.7 | 33 | 23.2 |
Father only | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.7 |
None | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.9 | 4 | 2.7 | 3 | 2.1 |
Born ≥1 month preterm | 25 | 7.8 | 12 | 5.6 | 5 | 3.4 | 12 | 8.4 |
Apparent development retardation or motor disability | 9 | 2.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 2.0 | 6 | 4.2 |
Child currently Breastfeeding | ||||||||
Yes | 180 | 56.4 | 140 | 65.1 | 43 | 29.1 | 72 | 50.7 |
No | 139 | 43.6 | 75 | 34.9 | 52 | 35.8 | 70 | 49.3 |
Baby bottle | / | / | / | / | 53 | 35.1 | / | / |
Child can walk | ||||||||
Not yet | 105 | 32.9 | 80 | 37.2 | 33 | 22.3 | 39 | 27.6 |
Since birth, child witness/victim of stressful/violent eventa | 41 | 12.9 | 44 | 20.5 | 24 | 16.2 | 13 | 9.1 |