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Table 2 Demographic, anthropometric and socioeconomic characteristics of households, caretakers, and children at enrollment (n = 474)

From: Outcomes of a food voucher program and factors associated with the recovery rate of children with moderate acute malnutrition in Far North Cameroon

Characteristics

n

%

Household characteristics

  

 Marital status household head

  

  Monogamy

333

70.3

  Polygamy

111

23.4

  Single/separated/divorced/widower

30

6.3

 Number of children

  

  ≤ 6

270

57.0

  > 6

204

43.0

Characteristic of caretaker

  

 Highest education

  

  Primary

212

44.7

  Secondary or higher

190

40.1

  No formal/others

72

15.2

 Occupation

  

  Agriculture

159

33.5

  Own business/waged

231

48.7

  Housewife

84

17.2

  Age, median (IQR)

27

(23, 32)

Child characteristics

  

 Sex

  

  Boy

194

40.9

  Girl

280

59.1

 Age (months)

  

  6–11

152

32.1

  12–23

205

43.2

  24–53

117

24.7

Position at household

  

 1

93

19.6

 2

100

21.1

 ≥ 3

181

59.3

 

Mean

SD

WHZ

− 1.90

0.88

MUAC, mm

120

2.64