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. 2018 Sep 1;8(8):e021628. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021628

Table 2.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of sampled child-caregiver pairs (n=2514)

N % N %
Child age (months) Caregivers interviewed
 6–11 528 21.0  Mother 2002 79.6
 12–23 1034 41.1  Father 189 7.5
 24–35 952 37.9  Grandparents 320 12.7
Child gender  Others 3 0.1
 Male 1427 56.8 Caregivers’ age
 Female 1087 43.2  <20 42 1.7
Having elder sibling  20- 1561 62.1
 Yes 1277 50.8  30- 539 21.4
 No 1203 47.9  40- 349 13.9
 Unknown 34 1.4  Unknown 23 0.9
Left-behind children Caregivers’ education
 Yes 286 11.4  Illiteracy 256 10.2
 No 2228 88.6  Primary education 661 26.3
Ethnicity  Secondary 1277 50.8
 Han 1621 64.5  Above secondary 320 12.7
 Minority 893 35.5 Distance to health facility
 <5 km 1345 53.5
 ≥5 km 1131 45.0
 Unknown 38 1.5