Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of study population

CharacteristicsFrequency (n)Percentage (%)
Region
 North59553.9
 Central12811.6
 South38134.5
Wealth quintiles
 Lowest21419.4
 Second22019.9
 Third24221.9
 Fourth22920.7
 Highest19918.0
No. of household members
 ≤563157.2
 >547342.8
Marital status
 Married/de facto97593.6
 Previously married (divorced/widowed)494.7
 Single181.7
Maternal education
 Primary or lower74871.5
 High school or higher29828.5
Paternal education
 Primary or lower60770.1
 High school or higher25929.9
Maternal age at birth
 >40 years323.2
 30–39 years29429.7
 20–29 years58258.7
 <20 years838.4
Child’s sex
 Female52947.9
 Male57552.1
Child’s age
 Mean28.33 (±16.63)
 0–5 months11110.1
 6–23 months34731.4
 24–59 months64658.5