*3.1. Description of the Sample*

3.1.1. Characteristics of Mothers/Caregivers of 12–23 Month Old Children and Gender of the Child

Table 1 describes the characteristics of the sample of 51,054 children aged 12–23 months. Mothers/caregivers had a median age of 27 years (interquartile range (IQR) = 22–33) with the youngest at 13 and the oldest at 81 (a non-mother caregiver), were mostly married (52.5%) or in a free union (38.1%), had completed primary (38.0%) or secondary education (45.5%), were professionally occupied (68.8%, with 42.4% being farmers/breeders), had religious beliefs (98.5%), and had other children under their care (99.9%). Over half of the children 12–23 months were male (54%), and almost all (93.9%) mothers/caregivers cited at least one vaccine-preventable disease (VPD).



n = number of subjects; % = percentage; IQR = interquartile

 range; Min = smallest observed value; Max = largest observed value; RA = religious affiliation.
