A feasibility study to assess non-clinical community health workers’ capacity to use simplified protocols and tools to treat severe acute malnutrition in Niger state Nigeria

Table 6 Background and demographic information of study enrolees

	N	Percentage
Child’s sex
Male	152	52.8
Female	136	47.2
Mother’s age (years)
< 20	9	3.1
20–29	148	51.4
30–39	106	36.8
40–49	20	6.9
50+	3	1.0
Do not know	2	0.7
Mother’s level of education
None	196	68.1
Primary	14	4.9
Secondary	8	2.8
Other	70	24.2
Child’s primary caregiver
Mother	246	85.4
Father	33	11.4
Grand mother	7	2.4
Sibling	1	0.4
Other	1	0.4
Has the child ever breastfed?
Yes	255	88.5
No	32	11.1
Do not know	1	0.4
Mother’s number of pregnancies
Median	4
Mean	4.7
Interquartile range (IQR)	2-7
Range	1-5
Number of under-fives in the household
Median	2
Mean	3.3
IQR	2–3
Range	0–18
Child’s age at enrolment (months)
Median	15
Mean	17
IQR	12–24
Range	6–59
Child’s MUAC score at enrolment (cm)
Median	11
Mean	10.8
IQR	10.5–11.2
Range	8–11.5
Child’s MUAC colour at enrolment
Dark Red: 58 (20%)
Pink: 230 (80%)

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