Table 1 Background characteristics of respondents
Variable | N = 426 (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Male | 223 (52.4) |
Female | 203 (47.7) |
Age of child (months) | |
0–11 | 74 (17.4) |
12–23 | 92 (21.6) |
24–35 | 98 (23.0) |
36–47 | 109 (25.6) |
48–60 | 53 (12.4) |
Zone of residence | |
Church area | 72 (16.9) |
Kakajjo | 173 (40.6) |
Kasaato | 62 (14.6) |
Kiganda | 119 (27.9) |
Caregiver's sex | |
Male | 35 (8.2) |
Female | 391 (91.8) |
Caregivers’ age (years) | |
< 29.5 | 264 (61.9) |
≥ 29.5 | 162 (38.03) |
Caregivers’ relationship to child | |
Mother | 382 (89.7) |
Other relative | 44 (10.3) |
Caregivers’ education status | |
None | 100 (23.5) |
Primary | 157 (36.9) |
Secondary and above | 169 (39.7) |
Smoking history of caregiver | |
Never | 43 (10.1) |
Weekly | 42 (9.9) |
Daily | 341 (80.1) |
Alcohol use by caregiver | |
Never | 302 (70.9) |
Weekly | 63 (14.8) |
Daily | 61 (14.3) |
Occupation of household head | |
Self employed | 391 (91.8) |
Unemployed | 35 (8.2) |
Marital status of household head | |
Married | 287 (67.4) |
Widowed | 89 (20.9) |
Single | 50 (11.7) |
Religion of household head | |
Anglican | 54 (12.7) |
Pentecostal | 42 (9.9) |
Catholic | 176 (41.3) |
Muslim | 154 (36.2) |
Ethnicity | |
Central | 164 (38.5) |
Eastern | 58 (13.6) |
Migrant | 59 (13.9) |
Northern | 59 (13.9) |
Western | 86 (20.2) |