Table 3 Characteristic of participants & children from semi-structured interviews

Participants

n = 17

n = 15

n = 19

Mother/father/grandmother

16/0/1

15/0/0

18/1/0

Age, mean (range)

25.9 years (18–51)

25.7 years (18–43)

27.4 (19–45)

Number of children (mean/range)

1.9 (1–4)

2.7 (1–8)

2.4 (1–8)

 None, n (%)

0 (0%)

2 (13.3%)

2 (10.5%)

 Primary, n (%)

8 (47.1%)

6 (40%)

9 (47.4%)

 Secondary, n (%)

8 (47.1%)

4 (26.7%)

8 (42.1%)

 Higher, n (%)

1 (5.9%)

3 (20%)

0 (0%)

Included children

n = 20

n = 20

n = 20

Age in months, mean (range)

27.9 m (7–58 m)

29.6 m (7–54 m)

32.1 m (7–59 m)

6–23 months (breastfed = Yes)

n = 9 (8)

n = 8 (8)

n = 6 (6)

>  23 months (breastfed = Yes)

n = 11 (0)

n = 12 (4)

n = 14 (3)