Table 1 Socio- demographic characteristics of health workers and mothers
Characteristic | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Characteristics of health workers | ||
Age | ||
20–30 | 44 | 75.9 |
31–40 | 13 | 22.4 |
> 40 | 1 | 1.7 |
Sex | ||
Female | 33 | 56.9 |
Male | 25 | 43.1 |
Religion | ||
Christianity | 38 | 65.5 |
Islam | 20 | 34.5 |
Education level | ||
SHS | 7 | 12.1 |
Tertiary | 51 | 87.9 |
Highest qualification | ||
Certificate | 40 | 69.0 |
Diploma | 18 | 31.0 |
Ethnicity | ||
Mamprusi | 28 | 48.3 |
Akan | 9 | 15.5 |
Frafra | 8 | 13.8 |
Other | 13 | 22.4 |
Designation | ||
Community health nurse | 18 | 31.0 |
General nurse | 13 | 22.4 |
Health assistant | 17 | 29.3 |
Other | 10 | 17.3 |
Working experience | ||
1–2 years | 25 | 43.1 |
3–5 years | 13 | 22.4 |
6–8 years | 16 | 27.6 |
> 8 years | 4 | 6.9 |
Characteristics of caregivers/mothers | ||
Age | ||
20–30 | 43 | 59.0 |
31–40 | 25 | 34.2 |
> 40 | 5 | 6.8 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 71 | 97.3 |
Divorced | 2 | 2.7 |
Religion | ||
Christianity | 19 | 26.0 |
Islamic | 52 | 71.2 |
ATR | 2 | 2.8 |
Educational level | ||
No education | 35 | 48.0 |
Primary | 13 | 17.8 |
JHS | 12 | 16.4 |
SHS | 9 | 12.3 |
Tertiary | 4 | 5.5 |
Ethnicity | ||
Mamprusi | 35 | 47.9 |
Frafra | 11 | 15.1 |
Moshie | 7 | 9.6 |
Other | 20 | 27.4 |
Children | ||
1–3 | 47 | 64.4 |
4–6 | 22 | 30.1 |
7–9 | 4 | 5.5 |
Occupation | ||
Agriculture | 26 | 35.6 |
Trader/ vendor | 17 | 23.3 |
Service workers | 10 | 13.7 |
Healthcare worker | 1 | 1.4 |
None | 19 | 26.0 |