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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Res Health Sci Nurs. 2021 Nov;7(11):1890.

Table 1:

Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants.

Serial number Age(years)/Tribe Religion Address Parity Education level
Teens <20=4/20=20%%
Young mothers (20-24)=7/20=35%
Older mothers (25-30)=6/20=30%
Elder mothers (>30) =3/20=15%
Chistians18/20=90%
Moslems=2/20=10%
Primiparous 11/20=55%
Multiparous 8/20=40%
Grand=1/20=5%
No formal /primary education 9/20=45%
≥ secondary 11/20=55%
MPN1 17/Japhadhola Protestant Tororo 1 O’ level
MPN2 25/Gishu Protestant Mbale 3 O’ level
MPN3 45 /Mugwere Protestant Budaka 9 informal only
MPN4 17 /Itesot Pentecost Butalejja 1 Primary
MPN5 26 /Mugwere Pentecost Kadama 1 Primary
MPN6 32 /Gishu Moslem Mbale 4 Primary
MPN7 20/ Sabiny Protestant Kween 1 Tertiary
MPN8 30/ Mugwere Pentecost Mbale 3 informal only
MPN9 17 /Gishu SeventhDay Adventist Mbale 1 Primary
MPN10 24/Mugwere Catholi Mbale 3 O’ level
MPN11 21 /Gishu Protestant Mbale 1 Primary
MPN12 22 /Gishu Catholic Sironko 2 O’level
MPN13 26 /Gishu Protestant Mbale 1 O’ level
MPN14 21/Ganda Catholic Mbale 2 Primary
MPN15 34/Gishu Moslem Mbale 1 Only informal education
MPN16 21/Atesot Protestant Mbale 1 A level
MPN17 27/Langi Pentecost Tororo 1 Tertiary
MPN18 18/Munyore Protestant Mbale 1 O level
MPN19 26/Gishu Pentecost Sironko 2 O’ level

Key: MPN; Mbale Regional Referal Hospital Postnatal Ward-Neonatal Unit

MPN3, MPN13 and MPN15- were caretakers(helping mothers to take care of the neonates)