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Table 1 Characteristics of interviewed child-caretakers in Korogwe and Muheza districts in 2009/2010 (n = 560)

From: Why caretakers bypass Primary Health Care facilities for child care - a case from rural Tanzania

Characteristic

Quantitative

Qualitative

 

No. (%)

No. (%)

Study site

  

   Korogwe

294 (52.5)

17 (56.7)

   Muheza

266 (47.5)

13 (43.3)

Child sex

  

   Male

301 (53.8)

14 (46.7)

   Female

259 (46.3)

16 (53.3)

Child age (in months)

  

   0-11

210 (37.6)

3 (10.0)

   12-23

151 (27.1)

7 (23.3)

   24+

197 (35.3)

20 (66.7)

Care-taker's level of education

  

   No formal education

101 (18.0)

10 (33.3)

   Primary education (std I-VII)

420 (75.0)

18 (60.0)

   Post-primary education

39 (7.0)

2 (6.7)

Care-taker's occupation

  

   Housewife/Househusband

106 (18.9)

2 (6.7)

   Peasant

335 (59.8)

25 (83.3)

   Small scale business

96 (17.1)

1 (3.3)

   Employed

17 (3.0)

2 (6.7)

   Others

6 (1.2)

0 (0)

Care-taker's relationship to the child

  

   Biological mother

515 (92.1)

22 (73.3)

   Biological father

17 (3.0)

4 (13.3)

   Grandmother

15 (2.7)

2 (6.7)

   Grandfather

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

   Others

11 (2.0)

2 (6.7)

   Total

560 (100)

30 (100)

  1. We have full information everywhere except for 1 child under "care-taker's relationship to the child" and 2 children under "child age".