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Table 4 Sociodemographic characteristics of users

From: Low quality of maternal and child nutritional care at the primary care in Mexico: an urgent call to action for policymakers and stakeholders

 

Chihuahua (n = 22)

State of Mexico (n = 13)

Veracruz (n = 24)

Oaxaca (n = 16)

Chiapas (n = 19)

Yucatan (n = 30)

Total (n = 124)

Age (years)

       

Media (DE)

28.2 (6.1)

25.5 (5.2)

28.8 (6.9)

29 (4.8)

29 (6.4)

27.3 (8.5)

28.1 (6.7)

Sexn(%)

       

Woman

22 (100)

12 (92.3)

24 (100)

16 (100)

18 (94.7)

29 (96.7)

121 (97.6)

Man

0

1 (7.7)

0

0

1 (5.3)

1 (3.3)

3 (2.4)

Ethnicityn(%)

       

No

18 (81.8)

6 (46.2)

13 (54.2)

12 (75.0)

16 (84.2)

19 (63.3)

84 (67.7)

Yes

4 (18.2)

7 (53.8)

11 (45.8)

4 (25.0)

3 (15.8)

11 (36.7)

40 (32.3)

Civil statusn(%)

       

Single

2 (9.1)

0

3 (12.5)

1 (6.2)

0

2 (6.7)

8 (5.5)

Married

9 (40.9)

3 (23.1)

11 (45.8)

6 (37.5)

8(42.1)

18 (60)

55 (44.4)

Divorced

1 (4.6)

0

0

0

0

0

1 (0.8)

Common Law

10 (45.4)

10 (76.9)

9 (37.5)

9 (56.3)

11 (57.9)

10 (33.3)

59 (47.6)

Widow

0

0

1 (4.2)

0

0

0

1 (0.8)

Number of childrenn(%)

       

One

1 (4.6)

4 (30.8)

4 (16.7)

0

1 (5.3)

2 (6.7)

12 (9.7)

2 to 3

8 (36.4)

3 (23.1)

8 (33.3)

6 (37.5)

5 (26.3)

11 (36.7)

41 (33.1)

Up to 3

12 (54.5)

5 (38.5)

11 (45.8)

7 (43.8)

12 (63.2)

10 (33.3)

57 (45.9)

No answer

1 (4.5)

1 (7.7)

1 (4.2)

3 (18.8)

1 (5.2)

7 (23.3)

14 (11.3)

Educationn(%)

       

None

1 (4.6)

0

0

0

0

0

1 (0.8)

Elementary school

5 (22.7)

2 (15.4)

4 (16.7)

3 (18.8)

1 (5.3)

5 (16.7)

20 (16.1)

Middle school

8 (36.4)

8 (61.5)

9 (37.5)

8 (50.0)

6 (31.6)

18 (60)

57 (46)

High school

3 (13.6)

3 (23.1)

8 (33.3)

3 (18.8)

6 (31.6)

7 (23.3)

30 (24.2)

Bachelor’s Degree

5 (22.7)

0

2 (8.3)

2 (12.5)

4 (21.2)

0

13 (10.5)

Technical Major

0

0

0

0

1 (5.3)

0

1 (0.8)

Post graduated

0

0

1 (4.2)

0

1 (5.3)

0

2 (1.6)

  1. Adapted from Hoyos-Loya E. et al. [1]
  2. Hoyos-Loya E, Pérez Navarro C, Burrola-Méndez S, Hernández-Cordero S, Omaña-Guzmán I, Sachse Aguilera M and Ancira-Moreno M (2024) Barriers to promoting breastfeeding in primary health care in Mexico: a qualitative perspective. Front. Nutr. 10:1278280. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1278280