Table 1.

Socio-demographic of mothers and their children recruited in the study, Mtwara district council, Tanzania, 2017

Characteristics	Number	Percentage (%)
Child’s age groups (yrs)
2.00-2.49	493	49.3
2.50-2.99	288	28.8
3.00-3.49	219	21.9
Sex of children available on RCH card
Female	465	46.5
Male	535	53.5
Child’s place of delivery
At health facility	972	97.2
At home	28	2.8
Mother’s/caretaker age groups (yrs)
16-20	139	13.9
21-25	319	31.9
26-30	310	31.0
31-35	134	13.4
36+years	98	9.8
Level of education
No formal education	494	49.4
Primary, but not completed	218	21.8
Primary, completed	233	23.3
Secondary, but not completed	26	2.6
Secondary, completed	28	2.8
Tertiary	1	0.1
Marital status
Married	827	82.7
Single	77	7.7
Divorced	86	8.6
Widowed	7	0.7
Co-habiting	3	0.3
Occupation
Formal employment	9	0.9
Housewife	57	5.7
Informal employment	910	91.0
Student	1	0.1
Unemployed	23	2.3