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Table 2 Frequencies of children eating habits as stratified by mother’s age

From: Factors in the management of feeding in nursery school children as perceived by their mothers in rural Bondo County, Kenya

Mother’s age (yrs)

Neighbors’

SM

GM

Other

None

Total

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

15-29

15 (40.54)

7 (43.75)

13 (61.91)

3 (33.3)

9 (36)

47 (43.52)

30-39

13 (35.13)

7 (43.75)

6 (28.57)

4 (44.45)

10 (40.00)

40 (37.04)

≥40

7 (18.92)

2 (12.05)

2 (9.52)

2 (22.22)

5 (18.00)

18 (16.66)

NS

2 (5.41)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

1 (3.00)

3 (2.78)

Total

37

16

21

9

25

108

  1. Table legend: Results are presented as n (%). SM = Stepmothers, GM = Grandmothers, NS = Not specified.