Table 2.

Basic characteristics of the mothers.

Characteristics	Observations	%
Education
Junior high school and below	710	65.7
High school	14	13.1
Technical college	108	10.0
College and above	121	11.2
Employment
Yes	847	78.4
No	234	21.7
Occupation
No occupation	234	21.7
Professional and technical worker	111	10.3
Manager/office staff	93	8.6
Farmer	225	20.8
Worker	143	13.2
Service/driver	215	19.9
Others	60	5.6