Table 1 Participant characteristics (N = 1854)
Variables | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
15–19 | 76 | 4.1 |
20–24 | 415 | 22.4 |
25–29 | 564 | 30.4 |
30–34 | 458 | 24.7 |
35–39 | 196 | 10.6 |
40–44 | 112 | 6.0 |
45–49 | 33 | 1.8 |
Education level | ||
No education | 408 | 22.0 |
Incomplete primary | 207 | 11.2 |
Primary and incomplete secondary | 595 | 32.1 |
Secondary and higher | 644 | 34.7 |
Mother's work | ||
No work and home | 1318 | 71 |
Work outside the home | 535 | 28.9 |
Don't know | 1 | 0.1 |
Area of residence | ||
Urban | 500 | 27.0 |
Rural | 1354 | 73.0 |
Wealth index | ||
Poorest | 362 | 19.5 |
Second | 397 | 21.4 |
Middle | 395 | 21.3 |
Fourth | 419 | 22.6 |
Wealthiest | 281 | 15.2 |
Exposure to media | ||
Newspaper or magazine | ||
Not at all | 1518 | 81.9 |
Less than once per week | 251 | 13.5 |
At least once per week | 85 | 4.6 |
Radio | ||
Not at all | 1194 | 64.4 |
Less than once per week | 418 | 22.6 |
At least once per week | 242 | 13.1 |
Television | ||
Not at all | 859 | 46.3 |
Less than once per week | 391 | 21.1 |
At least once per week | 604 | 32.6 |
Number of ANC visits | ||
Not visit | 244 | 13.2 |
1–3 | 195 | 10.5 |
4- | 1415 | 76.3 |
Child's sex | ||
Male | 953 | 51.4 |
Female | 901 | 48.6 |
Child's age of months | ||
6–11 | 649 | 35.0 |
12–17 | 699 | 37.7 |
18–23 | 506 | 27.3 |