From: Food beliefs and practices among the Kalenjin pregnant women in rural Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Characteristic | Categories | Percentage (N = 154) |
---|---|---|
Maternal status | Antenatal mothers | 40 |
Post-natal mothers | 60 | |
Gravidity | First pregnancy/child | 28 |
More than one pregnancy | 72 | |
Age (years) | ≤19 | 9 |
20–24 | 29 | |
25–29 | 32 | |
30–34 | 18 | |
≥35 | 12 | |
Marital status | Never married | 18 |
Currently married | 77 | |
Separated | 3 | |
Widowed | 2 | |
Educational level | Primary education | 54 |
Secondary education | 34 | |
Post-secondary education | 12 | |
Occupation | Farming | 40 |
Business | 21 | |
Housewife | 18 | |
Formal employment | 9 | |
Student/pupil | 8 | |
Others | 4 | |
Ethnic Affiliation | Nandi | 71 |
Keiyo | 18 | |
Marakwet | 5 | |
Kipsigis | 3 | |
Tugen | 1 | |
Terik | 1 | |
Pokot | 1 |