Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents
|
Characteristics of caregiver |
Exit interviews (n = 282) |
Household interviews (n = 470) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rural |
Urban |
Total |
Rural |
Urban |
Total |
|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
|
Gender Female |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marital status |
153 (96.2) |
118 (95.9) |
271 (96.1) |
277 (91.1) |
157 (94.6) |
434 (92.3) |
| Married |
126 (79.3) |
110 (89.4) |
236 (83.7) |
272 (89.5) |
139 (83.7) |
411 (87.5) |
| Widow |
3 (1.4) |
5 (4.1) |
8 (2.8) |
12 (3.9) |
9 (5.4) |
21 (4.5) |
| Never married |
15 (9.4) |
4 (3.3) |
19 (6.7) |
9 (3.0) |
9 (5.4) |
18 (3.8) |
| Divorced/separated |
15 (9.4) |
4 (3.3) |
19 (6.7) |
11 (3.6) |
9 (5.4) |
20 (4.3) |
|
Occupation of caregiver |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Peasant farmer |
110 (69.2) |
29 (37.2) |
139 (49.3) |
260 (85.5) |
15 (9.0) |
275 (58.5) |
| Petty trader |
41 (25.8) |
28 (35.9) |
69 (24.5) |
23 (7.6) |
55 (33.1) |
78 (16.6) |
| Private/public employee |
22 (13.8) |
5 (6.4) |
27 (9.6) |
6 (2.0) |
20 (12.0) |
26 (5.5) |
| Casual worker |
30 (18.8) |
10 (12.8) |
40 (14.2) |
11 (3.6) |
72 (43.4) |
83 (17.7) |
| Unemployed |
1 (0.6) |
6 (7.7 |
7 (2.5) |
4 (1.3) |
4 (2.4) |
8 (1.7) |
|
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mean age (range) of caregiver (yrs) |
|
|
26.3 (10–60) |
|
|
31.7 (16–80) |
| Mean age (range) of child (months) | 14.36 (1–60) | 27.3 (1–60) | ||||