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Table 1 Socio-demographic, maternal and child characteristics of respondents
| Characteristics | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Mothers level of education | ||
| None | 42 | 12.6 |
| Primary | 107 | 32.1 |
| Secondary | 160 | 48.0 |
| More than secondary | 24 | 7.3 |
| Mothers occupation | ||
| Professional/Specialist | 2 | 0.6 |
| Civil servant | 18 | 5.4 |
| Farmer | 38 | 11.4 |
| Housewife/Unemployed | 91 | 27.3 |
| Student | 46 | 13.8 |
| Trader | 102 | 30.6 |
| Others | 36 | 10.8 |
| Place of work | ||
| Work at home | 59 | 31.2 |
| Work outside home | 130 | 68.8 |
| Hours of work | ||
| <4 | 2 | 1.1 |
| 4–8 | 87 | 46.8 |
| >8 | 97 | 52.2 |
| Mothers income (Naira) | ||
| ≤10,000 | 47 | 37.6 |
| 10,001–20,000 | 43 | 34.4 |
| 20,001–30,000 | 18 | 14.4 |
| 30,001–40,000 | 5 | 4.0 |
| 40,001–50,000 | 7 | 5.6 |
| >50,000 | 5 | 4.0 |
| Number of people in household | ||
| <5 | 135 | 40.7 |
| 5–9 | 187 | 56.3 |
| >9 | 10 | 3.0 |
| Parity | ||
| 1 | 103 | 31.1 |
| 2 | 82 | 24.7 |
| ≥3 | 147 | 44.3 |
| Diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks | ||
| Yes | 129 | 39.1 |
| No | 201 | 60.9 |
| Vitamins, minerals, supplements hospital medicine offered in the previous 7 days | ||
| Yes | 163 | 49.1 |
| No | 166 | 50.0 |
| Don’t know | 3 | 0.9 |
| Child sick in the previous 1 month | ||
| Yes | 161 | 48.9 |
| No | 168 | 51.1 |
| Child’s sickness in the previous 1 month | ||
| Fever | 52 | 35.4 |
| Catarrh/cold/cough | 40 | 27.2 |
| Malaria | 26 | 17.7 |
| Others | 29 | 19.7 |
| Mother sick in the previous 1 month | ||
| Yes | 116 | 35.5 |
| No | 211 | 64.5 |
