Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of women attending reproductive and child health clinics for childhood immunizations, and their partners
Background factor | Total N = 426 (%) |
|---|---|
Residence | |
Rural | 193 (45.3) |
Urban | 233 (54.7) |
Mothers age, years | |
<= 25 | 219 (51.4) |
> 25 | 207 (48.6) |
Number of children | |
1 | 169 (39.7) |
2 | 132 (31.0) |
>=3 | 125 (29.3) |
Marital status | |
Married/cohabiting | 384 (90.1) |
Single/divorced/widow | 42 (9.9) |
Religion | |
Catholic | 186 (43.7) |
Protestant | 162 (38.0) |
Muslim/other | 78 (18.3) |
Ethnicity | |
Chagga | 266 (62.4) |
Pare/other | 160 (37.6) |
Education, mother | |
0-7 | 235 (55.2) |
>=8 | 191 (44.8) |
Fathers age, years | |
<=30 | 229 (53.8) |
>30 | 197 (46.2) |
Education, father | |
0-7 | 168 (39.4) |
>=8 | 258 (60.6) |
Head of household | |
Father of the child | 371 (87.1) |
Other | 55 (12.9) |