Table 1 Population characteristics of survey respondents
Characteristic | Total N = 478 | Study Site | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chawama N = 240 | Chilenje N = 238 | P-value† | ||
Maternal Characteristics | ||||
Age, mean (std.) | 28.0 (6.1) | 26.7 (5.5) | 29.4 (6.5) | <.0001‡ |
Age in years, n (%) | <.0001 | |||
< 20 | 31 (6.5%) | 16 (6.7%) | 15 (6.3%) | |
20-29 | 272 (56.9%) | 160 (66.7%) | 112 (47.1%) | |
30-39 | 153 (32.0%) | 59 (24.6%) | 94 (39.5%) | |
> =40 | 22 (4.6%) | 5 (2.1%) | 17 (7.1%) | |
Marital status, n (%) | 0.0003 | |||
Single/Divorced/Widowed | 93 (19.5%) | 31 (12.9%) | 62 (26.1%) | |
Married/Co-habiting | 385 (80.5%) | 209 (87.1%) | 176 (73.9%) | |
Highest Educationa, n (%) | <.0001 | |||
Never attended school | 6 (1.3%) | 5 (2.1%) | 1 (0.4%) | |
Primary | 82 (17.2%) | 64 (26.7%) | 18 (7.6%) | |
Secondary | 240 (50.2%) | 148 (61.7%) | 92 (38.7%) | |
Postsecondary | 149 (31.2%) | 23 (9.6%) | 126 (52.9%) | |
Occupationa, n (%) | <.0001 | |||
Salaried employee/Self employed | 226 (47.3%) | 90 (37.5%) | 136 (57.1%) | |
Unemployed | 251 (52.5%) | 149 (62.1%) | 102 (42.9%) | |
Parity | 0.9850 | |||
1-2 | 287 (60.0%) | 144 (60.0%) | 143 (60.1%) | |
> =3 | 191 (40.0%) | 96 (40.0%) | 95 (39.9%) | |
Infant Characteristics | ||||
Age in months, n (%) | ||||
< 2mo | 93 (19.5%) | 65 (27.1%) | 28 (11.8%) | <.0001 |
2-4mo | 159 (33.3%) | 97 (40.4%) | 62 (26.1%) | |
5-7mo | 98 (20.5%) | 32 (13.3%) | 66 (27.7%) | |
8-10mo | 78 (16.3%) | 29 (12.1%) | 49 (20.6%) | |
11mo | 50 (10.5%) | 17 (7.1%) | 33 (13.9%) | |
Gender/Sex, n (%) | ||||
Male | 249 (52.1%) | 125 (52.1%) | 124 (52.1%) | 0.9969 |
Female | 229 (47.9%) | 115 (47.9%) | 114 (47.9%) | |