Table 1.
Showing some baseline characteristics of the study population
| Variable | Age group in Years n = 342 |
Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–5 196 (57.3) |
6–11 129 (37.7) |
12–14 17 (5.0) |
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| Sex | ||||
| Male | 111 (60.7) | 66 (36.1) | 6 (3.3) | 183 |
| Female | 85 (53.5) | 63 (39.6) | 11 (6.9) | 159 |
| Age: mean (SD) | 3.4 (1.4) | 8.0 (1.6) | 12.9 (0.9) | 5.6 (3.1) |
| Religion | ||||
| Protestant | 27 (51.9) | 20 (38.5) | 5 (9.6) | 52 |
| Islam | 130 (63.4) | 67 (32.7) | 8 (3.9) | 205 |
| Catholic | 39 (45.9) | 42 (49.4) | 4 (4.7) | 85 |
| Mother’s level of education | ||||
| No formal education | 16 (43.2) | 20 (54.1) | 1 (2.7) | 37 |
| Primary | 108 (55.4) | 76 (39.0) | 11 (5.6) | 195 |
| Secondary or above | 72 (65.4) | 33 (30.0) | 5 (4.6) | 110 |
| Household size: mean (SD) | 6.8 (3.4) | 7.8 (4.6) | 9.1 (2.9) | 7.3 (4.0) |
| Household’s main source of income | ||||
| Employment/Salary | 40 (50.6) | 33 (41.8) | 6 (7.6) | 79 |
| Agriculture related | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | 0 (0) | 10 |
| Property income | 19 (73.1) | 6 (23.1) | 1 (3.9) | 26 |
| Business enterprise | 73 (56.6) | 51 (39.5) | 5 (3.9) | 129 |
| Other | 58 (59.2) | 35 (35.7 | 5 (5.1) | 98 |
| Monthly household income’000 | ||||
| Median(IQR) | 233.5 (150–300) | 240(150–300) | 300 (210–450) | 240 (150–300) |