Table 1 Characteristics of children, parents and families in the study
From: Feeding of preschool children in Vietnam: a study of parents’ practices and associated factors
Variables | Urban | Rural |
|---|---|---|
Mother’s age, years (mean) | 28.1*** | 25.5 |
Father’s age, years (mean) | 32.0*** | 29.2 |
Child’s BMI (mean and range) | 15.9*** (7.2;27.6) | 15.3 (9.0;35.9) |
Mother’s BMI (mean and range) | 21.5*** (16.1;47.4) | 20.3 (15.1;37.5) |
Father’s BMI (mean and range) | 22.5*** (15.9;33.0) | 21.1 (16.1;33.2) |
Mothers with secondary school or less (%) | 6.8*** | 57.6 |
Mothers with high school education (%) | 32.3*** | 28.6 |
Mothers with education higher than high school (%) | 60.9*** | 13.8 |
Number of family assets (mean) | 10.3*** | 5.4 |