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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondent nursing mothers in rural areas of Ebonyi State Nigeria

From: An assessment of nursing mothers’ and young people’s access to proprietary and patent medicine vendors’ services in rural communities of south-eastern Nigeria: implication for review of national drug policy

Characteristics

Frequency

Percent

Age (years)

 ≤ 20

14

8.9

 21–30

98

62

 31–40

41

26

 41–50

5

3.2

 Total

158

 

Marital status

 Single

14

9.0

 Married

140

90.3

 Widow/widower

1

0.6

 Total

155

 

Education

 No formal

2

1.3

 Primary

38

24.5

 Secondary

94

60.6

 Tertiary

21

13.5

 Total

155

 

Occupation

 Student

2

1.6

 Unemployed

16

13

 Civil servant

18

14.6

 Trader

57

46.3

 Farmer

26

21.1

 Hand craft

34

27.6

 Total

123

 

How many children you have

 1–2

65

41.1

 3–4

45

28.5

 5–6

33

20.9

 ≥ 7

15

9.5

 Total

158

 

How old is present child nursed

 1–5 months

90

57

 6–12 months

49

31

 13–18 months

14

8.9

 ≥ 19 months

5

3.2

 Total

158

 

Duration of residency in the community (years)

 1–3

18

11.8

 4–6

19

12.5

 7–9

9

5.9

 ≥ 10

106

69.7

 Total

152