Table 1 Demographic characteristics of sample
From: Use of commercial infant cereals as complementary food in infants and young children in Ghana
Characteristics | Mean ± SD | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Child characteristics | |||
Sex | |||
 Male |  | 191 | 49.7 |
 Female |  | 193 | 50.3 |
Mean age (months) | 14.9 ± 4.8 |  |  |
Age group (months) | Â | Â | |
 6–12 |  | 136 | 35.4 |
 13–23 |  | 248 | 64.6 |
Maternal characteristics | |||
Mean age of mothers (years) | 28.7 ± 4.7 |  |  |
Age group of mothers (years) | |||
  < 20 |  | 2 | 0.5 |
 20–24 |  | 65 | 16.9 |
 25–29 |  | 154 | 40.1 |
 30–34 |  | 118 | 30.7 |
 35–39 |  | 35 | 9.1 |
 40+ |  | 10 | 2.6 |
Education | |||
 None |  | 77 | 20.1 |
 Primary |  | 50 | 13.0 |
 JHS |  | 90 | 23.4 |
 SHS |  | 95 | 24.7 |
 Tertiary |  | 72 | 18.8 |
Marital status | |||
 Married |  | 354 | 92.2 |
 Currently unmarried |  | 4 | 1.0 |
Religion | |||
 Islam |  | 289 | 75.3 |
 Christian |  | 93 | 24.2 |
 Other |  | 2 | 0.5 |
Ethnicity | |||
 Dagomba |  | 223 | 58.1 |
 Gonja |  | 51 | 13.3 |
 Akan |  | 50 | 13.0 |
 Other |  | 60 | 15.6 |
Occupation | |||
 Farmer |  | 14 | 3.6 |
 Trader |  | 212 | 55.2 |
 Civil servant |  | 69 | 18.0 |
 Unemployed |  | 38 | 9.9 |
 Other |  | 51 | 13.3 |