TABLE 1.
Socio‐demographic characteristics of caregivers’ of children aged 6–59 months in Kerio Valley, Elgeyo Marakwet County
| Administrative wards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio‐demographic factors |
Total (n = 353) |
Emsoo (n = 118) |
Endo (n = 117) |
Arror (n = 118) |
χ2 value | p‐value* | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Household head sex | 6.760 | 0.034* | ||||||||
| Male | 328 | 92.9 | 104 | 88.1 | 110 | 94.9 | 114 | 96.6 | ||
| Female | 25 | 7.1 | 14 | 11.9 | 7 | 6.0 | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| Marital status | 10.501 | 0.232 | ||||||||
| Married monogamous | 308 | 87.3 | 100 | 84.7 | 101 | 86.3 | 107 | 90.7 | ||
| Married polygamous | 20 | 5.7 | 4 | 3.4 | 9 | 7.7 | 7 | 5.9 | ||
| windowed | 9 | 2.5 | 5 | 4.2 | 2 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| separated | 12 | 3.4 | 7 | 5.9 | 4 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| single | 4 | 1.1 | 2 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| Age of the respondents | 14.445 | 0.025* | ||||||||
| 18–30 | 110 | 31.2 | 51 | 43.2 | 31 | 26.5 | 28 | 23.7 | ||
| 31–45 | 184 | 52.1 | 51 | 43.2 | 62 | 53.0 | 71 | 60.2 | ||
| 46–60 | 39 | 11.0 | 12 | 10.2 | 16 | 13.7 | 11 | 9.3 | ||
| Above 60 | 20 | 5.7 | 4 | 3.4 | 8 | 6.8 | 8 | 6.8 | ||
| Education level | 30.198 | 0.001* | ||||||||
| None | 47 | 13.3 | 1 | 0.8 | 26 | 22.2 | 20 | 16.9 | ||
| Primary | 159 | 45.0 | 67 | 56.8 | 44 | 37.6 | 48 | 40.7 | ||
| Secondary | 113 | 32.0 | 37 | 31.4 | 40 | 34.2 | 36 | 30.5 | ||
| Tertiary | 34 | 9.6 | 13 | 11.0 | 7 | 6.0 | 14 | 11.9 | ||
| Monthly income | 91.990 | 0.001* | ||||||||
| Less than 5,000 | 134 | 38.0 | 67 | 56.8 | 4 | 3.4 | 63 | 53.4 | ||
| 5,001–10, 000 | 107 | 30.3 | 31 | 26.3 | 52 | 44.4 | 24 | 20.3 | ||
| Above 10, 000 | 112 | 31.7 | 20 | 16.9 | 61 | 52.1 | 31 | 26.3 | ||
*
p < 0 0.05 significant by chi‐square test