Table 1.

Distributions according to the sociodemographic characteristics of the study’s participants.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Mothers		Count n	Percent %
1.Mother’s age	From 18 to 25	56	21.4%
	From 25 to less than 31	57	21.8%
	From 31to less than 35	50	19.1%
	35 or older	99	37.8%
2.Mother’s educational level	Literate	5	1.9%
	Primary school	3	1.1%
	Secondary school	4	1.5%
	High school	88	33.6%
	Bachelor or higher	162	61.8%
3.Job status	Student	42	16.0%
	Employee	72	27.5%
	Housewife	148	56.5%
4.Monthly income	Enough	122	46.6%
	Partly enough	115	43.9%
	Not enough	25	9.5%
5.Number of children	One	85	32.4%
	Two to three	90	34.4%
	More than three	87	33.2%
6.Age of children	From 0 to 6 months	31	11.8%
	From 6 to 12 months	36	13.7%
	From 12 to 24 months	37	14.1%
	From 2 to 5 years	158	60.3%

N = 262. This table uses descriptive statistics: frequency (n) and percentage (%).