Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
From: The association between infant and young child feeding practices and diarrhoea in Tanzanian children
Characteristics | N | % (95% confidence interval) |
|---|---|---|
Socioeconomic | ||
 Mother’s employment | ||
  Not working | 490 | 14.5 (12.7–16.4) |
  Working | 2902 | 85.5 (83.6–87.3) |
 Mother’s education | ||
  No schooling | 865 | 25.5 (22.7–28.5) |
  Primary education | 2278 | 67.2 (64.4–69.8) |
  Secondary and higher education | 249 | 7.3 (6.1–8.8) |
 Household wealth | ||
 Poor | 1536 | 45.3 (41.7–49.0) |
 Middle | 1360 | 40.1 (37.1–43.2) |
 Rich | 496 | 14.6 (12.1–17.7) |
Health Service | ||
 Antenatal visits | ||
  < 1 | 433 | 13.5 (12.0–15.3) |
  2–3 | 2280 | 71.5 (69.4–73.5) |
  4+ | 478 | 15 (13.2–17.0) |
Individual | ||
 Mother’s age (years) | ||
  15–24 | 1281 | 37.8 (35.5–40.1) |
  25–34 | 1452 | 42.8 (40.8–44.9) |
  35–49 | 659 | 17.6 (17.6–21.4) |
 Sex of child | ||
  Male | 1708 | 50.4 (48.5–52.2) |
  Female | 1684 | 49.6 (47.8–51.5) |
 Child age (months) | ||
  0–3 | 562 | 17.3 (16.0–18.8) |
  4–5 | 860 | 26.5 (24.5–28.6) |
  6–11 | 865 | 26.6 (24.61–28.8) |
  12–17 | 139 | 4.3 (3.5–5.2) |
  18–23 | 821 | 25.3 (23.6–17.4) |
Household | ||
 Household location | ||
  Urban | 707 | 20.8 (16.7–25.7) |
  Rural | 2685 | 79.2 (74.3–83.3) |
 Source of drinking water | ||
  Not improved | 5592 | 70.9 (67.0–74.6) |
  Improved | 2288 | 29.0 (25.4–32.9) |
 Type of toilet | ||
  Not improved | 6697 | 84.9 (82.5–87.2) |
  Improved | 1183 | 15.0 (12.8–17.5) |