Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents.

From: Complementary feeding pattern and its determinants among mothers in selected primary health centers in the urban metropolis of Ekiti State, Nigeria

Variable

Frequency (n = 135)

Percent (%)

Age of mother

  

less than 20

5

3.7

20–29

103

76.3

30–39

25

18.5

40 and above

2

1.5

Mean age ± SD

26.3 ± 4.64

 

Marital status

  

Single

5

3.7

Married

130

96.3

Religion

  

Christianity

108

80.0

Islam

24

17.8

Traditional

1

0.7

Others

2

1.5

Ethnicity

  

Yoruba

111

82.22

Hausa

8

5.93

Igbo

5

3.70

Others

11

8.15

Occupation

  

Self-employed

88

65.2

Unemployed

12

8.9

Civil servant

30

22.2

Student

5

3.7

Level of Education

  

No formal

8

5.93

Primary

3

2.22

Secondary

65

48.15

Tertiary

59

43.70

Number of Children

  

1–2

91

67.5

3–4

41

30.4

5–8

3

2.1

Child’s age (months)

  

 < 6

53

39.3

6–12

67

49.6

13–19

14

10.4

20–24

1

0.7

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