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Table 2 Background characteristics of parents/caregivers of children aged 2–59 months admitted in public hospitals in the Lake Zone (N = 1130)

From: Morbidity and mortality of children aged 2–59 months admitted in the Tanzania Lake Zone’s public hospitals: a cross-sectional study

Background characteristics

Number (%)

Sex

 Male

86 (7.6)

 Female

975 (86.3)

 Missing

69 (6.1)

Age [mean, (SD)] years

28.8 (SD = 7.5)

Current marital status

 Never married

51 (4.6)

 Married (monogamous)

827 (73.9)

 Married (polygamous)

139 (12.4)

 Othera

102 (9.1)

Education status

 Never in school

166 (14.7)

 Some primary

803 (71.1)

 Above primary

151 (13.3)

 Missing

10 (0.9)

Employment status

 Salaried

778 (68.8)

 Unemployed

213 (18.9)

 Subsistence farmer

70 (6.2)

 Self-employed/wage earners

58 (5.1)

 Missing

11 (1.0)

Relationship to the child

 Parent

1043 (92.3)

 Kin or other

47 (4.2)

 Missing

40 (3.5)

  1. aWidow, divorce, separate