Hygiene and Sanitation Practices and the Risk of Morbidity among Children 6–23 Months of Age in Kumbungu District, Ghana

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics of the children and their mothers.

Variable	Frequency (%)
Sex of child
Female	166 (55.3)
Age of child
<12 months	90 (30.0)
12–24 months	210 (70.0)
Ethnicity
Dagomba	298 (99.3)
Other	2 (0.7)
Religion
Islam	287 (95.6)
Christianity	11 (3.7)
Other	2 (0.7)
Age of mother
15–25 years	107 (35.9)
26–35 years	147 (49.3)
≥36 years	44 (14.8)
Educational status of mother
Nonliterate	242 (80.7)
Literate	58 (19.3)
Occupation of mother
Unemployed	64 (21.3)
Farmer	169 (56.3)
Petty trader	67 (22.3)
Parity of mother
≤5 children	40 (13.3)
>5 children	260 (86.7)