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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics

From: Effect of maternal growth monitoring knowledge on stunting, wasting and underweight among children 0–18 months in Tamale metropolis of Ghana

Characteristic

Category

Frequency (%)

Age of mother (years)

17–27

146 (42.9)

28–37

158 (46.5)

> 38

36 (10.6)

Education

None

152 (44.7)

Primary

31 (9.1)

Middle/JHS

59 (17.4)

SHS/vocational training

51 (15)

Tertiary

47 (13.8)

Occupation

Employed

38 (11.2)

Self employed

244 (71.8)

Unemployed

58 (17)

Ethnicity

Dagomba

275 (80.9)

Gonja

19 (5.6)

Mamprusi

11 (3.2)

Others

35 (10.3)

Religion

Christianity

21 (6.2)

Islam

319 (93.8)

Age of child (months)

0–5

195 (57.4)

6–11

102 (30)

12–18

43 (12.6)

Sex of child

Male

175 (51.5)

Female

165 (48.5)