Advances in Preventive Medicine / 2020 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Knowledge and Other Predictors of Child Welfare Clinic Completion among Children Aged 24–59 Months in the Garu-Tempane District of Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study of Caregivers Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents.
Variable Frequency (n = 213) Percentage (%) Age of the child (in months) 24–36 121 56.8 37–48 65 30.5 49–59 27 12.7 Sex of the child Male 110 51.6 Female 103 48.4 Birth weight of child missing 18 8.5 Below 2.5 28 13.1 2.5–4.0 165 77.5 Above 4.0 2 0.9 Age of the caregiver (in completed years) 20–29 99 46.5 30–39 90 42.2 40–49 20 9.4 ≥50 4 1.9 Sex of the caregiver Male 10 4.7 Female 203 95.3 Caregiver’s relationship with the child Parent 195 91.5 Other relative 18 8.5 Marital status of the caregiver Married 208 97.7 Single 5 2.3 Type of marriage (n = 208) Monogamous 133 73.2 Polygamous 75 26.8 Occupation of the caregiver Government worker 8 3.8 Trader 52 24.4 Farmer 153 Level of education of the caregiver Primary 46 21.6 Junior High School (JHS) 29 13.6 Senior High School (SHS) 20 9.4 Tertiary 7 3.3 None 111 52.1 Religion of the caregiver Christian 59 27.7 Islam 149 70.0 African traditional 5 2.3 Tribe of the caregiver Kusaasi 126 59.2 Bimoba 29 13.6 Bissa 45 21.1 Mossi 13 6.1