Table 1 Age, sex, maternal education and socioeconomic status of study population in 1999 and 2002 surveys
Characteristics | Survey year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | 2002 | |||
n | % | n | % | |
Sex (N = 385 in 1999, 388 in 2002) | ||||
Female | 197 | 51.2 | 183 | 47.2 |
Male | 188 | 48.8 | 205 | 52.8 |
Age distribution‡ | ||||
6–11 months | 467 | 25.2 | 401 | 21.3 |
1–2 years | 385 | 20.7 | 388 | 20.6 |
2–3 years | 353 | 19.0 | 406 | 21.6 |
3–4 years | 348 | 18.7 | 356 | 19.0 |
4–5 years | 304 | 16.4 | 330 | 17.5 |
DPT vaccination (N = 385 in 1999, 387 in 2002) | ||||
Not vaccinated | 105 | 27.3 | 91 | 23.5 |
Vaccinated | 280 | 72.7 | 296 | 76.5 |
Mothers education (N = 385 in 1999, 388 in 2002) | ||||
None | 129 | 33.5 | 100 | 25.7 |
Primary | 243 | 63.1 | 280 | 72.2 |
Secondary/Higher | 13 | 3.4 | 8 | 2.1 |
Knowledge of ≥2 danger signs (N = 353 in 1999, 375 in 2002) | ||||
No | 281 | 79.9 | 244 | 65.1 |
Yes | 71 | 20.1 | 131 | 34.9 |
Wealth quintiles (N = 350 in 1999, 376 in 2002) | ||||
Poorest | 60 | 17.1 | 73 | 19.4 |
Second poorest | 56 | 16.0 | 77 | 20.5 |
Middle | 80 | 22.9 | 70 | 18.6 |
Second richest | 73 | 20.9 | 82 | 21.8 |
Richest | 81 | 23.1 | 74 | 19.7 |
District (N = 385 in 1999, 388 in 2002) | ||||
Morogoro | 79 | 20.5 | 95 | 24.5 |
Rufiji | 99 | 25.7 | 108 | 27.8 |
Ulanga | 111 | 28.8 | 114 | 29.4 |
Kilombero | 96 | 25.0 | 71 | 18.3 |