Characteristics of caregiver | Exit interviews (n = 282) | Household interviews (n = 470) | ||||
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Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Gender Female | ||||||
Marital status | 153 (96.2) | 118 (95.9) | 271 (96.1) | 277 (91.1) | 157 (94.6) | 434 (92.3) |
Married | 126 (79.3) | 110 (89.4) | 236 (83.7) | 272 (89.5) | 139 (83.7) | 411 (87.5) |
Widow | 3 (1.4) | 5 (4.1) | 8 (2.8) | 12 (3.9) | 9 (5.4) | 21 (4.5) |
Never married | 15 (9.4) | 4 (3.3) | 19 (6.7) | 9 (3.0) | 9 (5.4) | 18 (3.8) |
Divorced/separated | 15 (9.4) | 4 (3.3) | 19 (6.7) | 11 (3.6) | 9 (5.4) | 20 (4.3) |
Occupation of caregiver | ||||||
Peasant farmer | 110 (69.2) | 29 (37.2) | 139 (49.3) | 260 (85.5) | 15 (9.0) | 275 (58.5) |
Petty trader | 41 (25.8) | 28 (35.9) | 69 (24.5) | 23 (7.6) | 55 (33.1) | 78 (16.6) |
Private/public employee | 22 (13.8) | 5 (6.4) | 27 (9.6) | 6 (2.0) | 20 (12.0) | 26 (5.5) |
Casual worker | 30 (18.8) | 10 (12.8) | 40 (14.2) | 11 (3.6) | 72 (43.4) | 83 (17.7) |
Unemployed | 1 (0.6) | 6 (7.7 | 7 (2.5) | 4 (1.3) | 4 (2.4) | 8 (1.7) |
Age | ||||||
Mean age (range) of caregiver (yrs) | 26.3 (10–60) | 31.7 (16–80) | ||||
Mean age (range) of child (months) | 14.36 (1–60) | 27.3 (1–60) |