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Table 1 Demographic factors of the 174 mothers who participated in the newborn sepsis study in Kidera County, Buyende District 2013

From: Risk factors and practices contributing to newborn sepsis in a rural district of Eastern Uganda, August 2013: a cross sectional study

 

Frequency (%)

Age group in years

 16–19

20 (11.5)

 20–29

102 (58.6)

 30–39

46 (26.4)

 40+

6 (3.4)

Education level

 None

14 (8)

 Primary (1–7)

115 (66.1)

 Secondary (1–6)

35 (20.1)

 Tertiary

10 (5.7)

Occupation

 Peasant farmer

127 (73)

 Other occupations

47 (27)