Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of sampled child-caregiver pairs (n=2514)
N | % | N | % | ||
Child age (months) | Caregivers interviewed | ||||
6–11 | 528 | 21.0 | Mother | 2002 | 79.6 |
12–23 | 1034 | 41.1 | Father | 189 | 7.5 |
24–35 | 952 | 37.9 | Grandparents | 320 | 12.7 |
Child gender | Others | 3 | 0.1 | ||
Male | 1427 | 56.8 | Caregivers’ age | ||
Female | 1087 | 43.2 | <20 | 42 | 1.7 |
Having elder sibling | 20- | 1561 | 62.1 | ||
Yes | 1277 | 50.8 | 30- | 539 | 21.4 |
No | 1203 | 47.9 | 40- | 349 | 13.9 |
Unknown | 34 | 1.4 | Unknown | 23 | 0.9 |
Left-behind children | Caregivers’ education | ||||
Yes | 286 | 11.4 | Illiteracy | 256 | 10.2 |
No | 2228 | 88.6 | Primary education | 661 | 26.3 |
Ethnicity | Secondary | 1277 | 50.8 | ||
Han | 1621 | 64.5 | Above secondary | 320 | 12.7 |
Minority | 893 | 35.5 | Distance to health facility | ||
<5 km | 1345 | 53.5 | |||
≥5 km | 1131 | 45.0 | |||
Unknown | 38 | 1.5 |