Table 1 Participants with Selected Demographic Characteristics
Caregivers with Children 0-5 Months | |||
NIP = 61 (n) % | Non-NIP = 75 (n) % | p | |
Marital Status | |||
Married/Cohabitating | (51) 85% | (57) 76% | 0.19 |
Singe/Widowed | (9) 15% | (18) 24% | |
Biological Mother or Father | |||
Yes | (57) 93.4% | (65) 86.7% | 0.20 |
No | (4) 6.6% | (10) 13.3% | |
Gender of Caregiver | |||
Male | (0) 0% | (1) 1.3% | 0.36 |
Female | (61) 100% | (74) 98.7% | |
Religiona | |||
Muslim | (10) 16.7% | (1) 1.3% | 0.00 |
Christian | (50) 83.3% | (74) 98.7% | |
Other | |||
Occupationa | |||
Self-employed | (18) 29.5% | (31) 41.3% | 0.02 |
Civil Servant/Business | (6) 9.8% | (12) 16% | |
Health worker | (10) 16.4% | (1) 1.3% | |
Student | (7) 11.5% | (10) 13.3% | |
Housewife/Farmer | (20) 32.8% | (21) 28% | |
Location | |||
Urban | (27) 44.3% | (35) 46.7% | 0.78 |
Rural | (34) 55.7% | (40) 53.3% | |
Region | |||
Northwest | (41) 67.2% | (50) 66.7% | 0.95 |
Southwest | (20) 32.8% | (25) 33.3% | |
Child attended IWC elsewhere | |||
Yes | (27) 44.3% | (26) 34.7% | 0.25 |
No | (34) 55.7% | (49) 65.3% | |
Mean Age of Caregiver | |||
27.2 | 27.33 | 0.89 | |
Mean Sum of Economic Variable | |||
1.75 | 1.87 | 0.57 | |
Mean number of years of education | |||
11.74 | 10.44 | 0.39 | |
Number of months planning to breastfeeda | |||
21.88 | 13.28 | 0.02 | |
Caregivers with Children 6-8 Months | |||
NIP = 293 (n) % | Non-NIP = 340 (n) % | p | |
Marital Status | |||
Married/Cohabitating | (234) 81% | (269) 79.4% | 0.61 |
Singe/Widowed | (55) 19% | (70) 20.6% | |
Biological Mother or Fatherb | |||
Yes | (263) 93.3% | (327) 97% | 0.03 |
No | (19) 6.7% | (10) 3% | |
Gender of Caregiver | |||
Male | (3) 1% | (5) 1.5% | 0.73 |
Female | (290) 99% | (335) 98.5% | |
Religionb | |||
Muslim | (71) 24.7% | (4) 1.2% | 0.00 |
Christian | (215) 74.9% | (332) 98.8% | |
Other | (1) .3% | (0) 0% | |
Occupationb | |||
Self-employed | (91) 31.1% | (160) 47.3% | 0.00 |
Civil Servant/Business | (28) 9.6% | (58) 17.2% | |
Health worker | (7) 2.4% | (3) 0.9% | |
Student | (28) 9.6% | (47) 13.9% | |
Housewife/Farmer | (139) 47.4% | (70) 20.7% | |
Locationb | |||
Urban | (180) 61.4% | (244) 71.8% | 0.01 |
Rural | (113) 38.6% | (96) 28.2% | |
Region | |||
Northwest | (201) 68.6% | (241)70.9% | 0.53 |
Southwest | (92) 31.4% | (99) 29.1% | |
Child attended IWC elsewhereb | |||
Yes | (68) 23.2% | (36) 10.6% | 0.00 |
No | (225) 76.8% | (304) 89.4% | |
Mean Age of Caregiver | |||
27.52 | 27.15 | 0.23 | |
Mean Sum of Economic Variableb | |||
1.68 | 1.92 | 0.00 | |
Mean number of years of education | |||
10.29 | 11.12 | 0.42 | |
Number of months planning to breastfeedb | |||
29.59 | 20.93 | 0.00 | |