Dietary Practices and Nutrient Intake of Internally Displaced School Children in the West Region of Cameroon

Table 2

Demographic characteristics and socioeconomic status of the mothers/caregivers.

Parents/caregivers’ characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percentage (%)
The highest academic level of parent/caregiver	No formal education	9	2.9
	Primary	107	34.9
	Secondary	161	52.4
	Higher	30	9.8
The occupation of parent/caregiver	Formally employed	25	8.1
	Self-employed	131	42.7
	Unemployed	151	49.2
Marital status of parent/caregiver	Married	202	65.8
	Divorced	17	5.5
	Never married	68	22.1
	Widow	20	6.5
Household income	Below 50,000	219	76
	50-150,000	65	21.2
	151-300,000	12	6.8
	Above 300,000	11	3.6
Number of people living in the house	Below 5	34	13.7
	5-8	155	50.4
	Above 8	118	35.9
Relationship of parent/caregiver to child	Mother	171	55.7
	Family relation	122	39.7
	Parent’s friend	12	4
	Other	2	0.6
Age of mother/caregiver	Below 25	107	34.9
	25-50	175	57.0
	Above 50	25	8.1
Housing condition	Renting	212	69
	Living under another family.	81	26.4
	House owner	14	4.6
Main drinking water source	Good water source	234	76.2
	Bad water source	73	23.8
Toilet type	Pit toilet	248	80.8
	Flushing toilet	50	16.3
	No toilet	9	2.9
Religion	Christian	213	69.4
	Muslim	72	23.5
	Pagan	15	4.9
	Others	7	2.3