Table 2 Distribution of characteristics...

Table 2

Distribution of characteristics according to women employment status

	Employed		Unemployed		Whole sample
	Mean/Percentage (%)	Std. Dev	Mean/Percentage (%)	Std. Dev	Mean/Percentage (%)	Std. Dev
Underweight	13.21		9.90		11.49
Child's age
0–11 months	19.7		28.3		22.5
12–23 months	20.5		20.1		20.3
24–35 months	19.7		18.8		19.4
36–47 months	19.9		17		18.9
48–59 months	20.2		15.8		18.8
Sex of child (male)	51.1		49.9		50.7
Sex of child (female)	48.9		50.1		49.3
Twin	2.1		2.2		2.1
Illness during last two weeks (yes)	31.7		28.6		30.7
Size at birth (larger than average)	32.2		29.3		31.3
Size at birth (Average)	54.2		54.6		54.3
Size at birth (Smaller than average)	13.6		16.1		14.4
Maternal education
No education	21.3		24.7		23.1
Primary	38.5		28.5		33.3
Secondary	35.2		41.5		38.5
Higher	5,0		5.2		5.1
15–24 years	25.1		38.0		31.8
25–34 years	51.0		47.2		49.0
35–49 years	23.9		14.8		19.2
Underweight mother (yes)	4.2		6.0		5.2
Marital status (In union)	80.9		79		81	0.393
Number of siblings	2.3	1.5	2.3	1.5	2.3	1.5
Household Wealth quintile
Poorest	21.9		11.6		18.6
poorer	25.9		18.4		23.5
Middle	22.5		26.9		23.9
Richer	16.6		25.3		19.5
Richest	13		17.8		14.5
Place of residence
Urban	38.8		55.9		44.4
Rural	61.2		44.1		55.6
Employment (Yes)					48.0
Employment (No)					52.0

	Employed		Unemployed		Whole sample
	Mean/Percentage (%)	Std. Dev	Mean/Percentage (%)	Std. Dev	Mean/Percentage (%)	Std. Dev
Underweight	13.21		9.90		11.49
Child's age
0–11 months	19.7		28.3		22.5
12–23 months	20.5		20.1		20.3
24–35 months	19.7		18.8		19.4
36–47 months	19.9		17		18.9
48–59 months	20.2		15.8		18.8
Sex of child (male)	51.1		49.9		50.7
Sex of child (female)	48.9		50.1		49.3
Twin	2.1		2.2		2.1
Illness during last two weeks (yes)	31.7		28.6		30.7
Size at birth (larger than average)	32.2		29.3		31.3
Size at birth (Average)	54.2		54.6		54.3
Size at birth (Smaller than average)	13.6		16.1		14.4
Maternal education
No education	21.3		24.7		23.1
Primary	38.5		28.5		33.3
Secondary	35.2		41.5		38.5
Higher	5,0		5.2		5.1
15–24 years	25.1		38.0		31.8
25–34 years	51.0		47.2		49.0
35–49 years	23.9		14.8		19.2
Underweight mother (yes)	4.2		6.0		5.2
Marital status (In union)	80.9		79		81	0.393
Number of siblings	2.3	1.5	2.3	1.5	2.3	1.5
Household Wealth quintile
Poorest	21.9		11.6		18.6
poorer	25.9		18.4		23.5
Middle	22.5		26.9		23.9
Richer	16.6		25.3		19.5
Richest	13		17.8		14.5
Place of residence
Urban	38.8		55.9		44.4
Rural	61.2		44.1		55.6
Employment (Yes)					48.0
Employment (No)					52.0

Note(s): In this table, mean and standard deviation are computed for continuous variables while the percentage is computed for binary variables

Source(s): Authors’ own work using the 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey

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