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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers and their families (n = 310) included in the study in Ujjain, India

From: Can use of pictograms reduce liquid medication administration errors by mothers? An interventional study

Independent variables n (%)a Independent variables n (%)a
Locality   Mother occupation  
Urban 120 (39) Housewife 133 (43)
Rural 190 (61) Self employed 30 (10)
Home type   Farm worker 126 (41)
Kuccha 65 (21) Labor 7 (2)
Pukka 98 (32) Office work 14 (4)
Kuccha-Pukka 147 (47) Father education  
Family type   Uneducated-primary school 9 (3)
Nuclear 193 (62) Middle school-higher secondary 160 (52)
Joint 117 (38) Graduate-post graduate 141 (45)
Number of children   Mother occupation  
1 137 (44) Unemployed 1 (1)
2 121 (39) Self employed 146 (47)
 > 2 52 (17) Farm worker 132 (42)
Overcrowding   Labor 4 (2)
Yes 79 (25) Office work 27 (8)
No 231 (75)   
Mother education    
Uneducated-primary school 106 (34)   
Middle school-higher secondary 150 (48)   
Graduate-post graduate 54 (17)   
  1. aColumn percentage