Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants
| Characteristics | Mothers participating in TIPs* | Supporting in‐depth interviews on IYCF † | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other caregivers | Health providers | (n = 270) | |||||||
| Fathers | Grandmothers | ||||||||
| LE | UE | LE | UE | LE | UE | LE | UE | ||
| (n = 75) | (n = 75) | (n = 20) | (n = 20) | (n = 20) | (n = 20) | (n = 20) | (n = 20) | ||
| Gender of child | |||||||||
| Male | 38 | 46 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 6 | – | – | 123 |
| Female | 37 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 14 | – | – | 107 |
| Age of child in months | |||||||||
| 0–5.99 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 41 |
| 6–8.99 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | – | 43 |
| 9–11.99 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 35 |
| 12–17.99 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | – | – | 57 |
| 18–23.99 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | – | – | 54 |
| Education | |||||||||
| Illiterate | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | – | – | 28 |
| Read and write | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | – | – | 26 |
| Primary school | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 20 |
| Secondary school | 39 | 47 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 107 |
| Post‐secondary school | 21 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 49 |
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Unemployed | 62 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 18 | – | – | 169 |
| Unskilled labour | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | – | – | 25 |
| Professional | 8 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 36 |
| Health provider specialty | |||||||||
| Medical doctor | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| Pharmacist | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Nurse | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Community health worker | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Midwife | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 |
IYCF, infant and young child feeding; LE, Lower Egypt; TIPs, trials for improved practices; UE, Upper Egypt. *Participants in three household TIPs visits – include in‐depth interviews, dietary recall and food frequency on IYCF. †Caregiver and health provider in‐depth interviews supplemented TIPs interviews.