Features | Number (n = 398) | (%) | |
marital status of mothers | Single | 27 | 6.8 |
Bride | 319 | 80.2 | |
Common-law union | 18 | 4.5 | |
Widowed/Divorced | 34 | 8.5 | |
level of education of mothers | Out of school | 95 | 23.9 |
Schoolchildren | 303 | 76.1 | |
occupations of mothers | With profession | 334 | 83.9 |
No profession | 64 | 16.1 | |
Age of mothers | <20 years | 27 | 6.8 |
20 - 29 years | 285 | 71.6 | |
30 - 40 years | 79 | 19.8 | |
41 and over | 7 | 1.8 | |
gender of child | Male | 211 | 53.0 |
Female | 187 | 47.0 | |
age of child | 12 - 23 months | 214 | 53.8 |
6 - 8 months | 77 | 19.3 | |
9 - 11 months | 107 | 26.9 | |
Birth weight in g | <2500 g | 1 | 0.3 |
2500 g | 18 | 4.5 | |
>4000 g | 4 | 1.0 | |
2500 - 4000 g | 375 | 94.2 | |
Current weight in kg | ≤5 Kg | 3 | 0.8 |
10.1 - 15 Kg | 40 | 10.1 | |
5.1 - 10 Kg | 355 | 89.2 | |
Brachial Perimeter (BP) in mm | <115 mm | 33 | 8.3 |
>125 mm | 280 | 70.4 | |
115 - 125 mm | 85 | 21.4 |