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Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics of the parents and/or legal guardians of the preschool children

From: Child-eating behaviour as predictor of anthropometric status of preschool children aged 2–4 years in Umuahia South LGA Abia State, Nigeria

Parameters

Parents/legal guardians

Frequency

Percentage

Educational level

  

No formal education

23

9.0

Primary education

13

5.1

Secondary education

70

27.3

Tertiary education

150

58.6

Total

256

100.0

Occupation

  

Civil/public servant

36

14.1

Business/trading

124

48.4

Artisan/skill worker

50

19.5

Unemployed

22

8.6

House wife

24

9.4

Total

256

100.0

Income

  

Less than 30,000

77

30.1

30,000-40,000

96

37.5

41,000-51,000

35

13.7

52,000 and above

48

18.8

Total

256

100.0