Research Article
Insulin Growth Factor-I in Protein-Energy Malnutrition during Rehabilitation in Two Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres in Burkina Faso
Table 1
Social and demographic
characteristics of the household and the children admitted in two the
nutritional rehabilitation centres in Burkina Faso.
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Social and demographic
characteristics
| N | Mean SD or % |
| Gender of the children | | | Boys | 37 | 62.7 | Girls | 22 | 37.3 | Mean age of children (months) | 59 | 14 6 | Age categories of children
(months) | | | 0–5 | 4 | 6.8 | 6–11 | 6 | 10.2 | 12–23 | 45 | 76.3 | 24–35 | 4 | 6.8 | Age of the mothers | 56 | 27.3 6.1 | Age categories (years) | | | ≤19 | 6 | 10.7 | 20–24 | 13 | 23.2 | 25–29 | 15 | 26.8 | 30–34 | 14 | 25.0 | 35–39 | 8 | 14.3 | Scholarship of the
mother | | | Yes | 2 | 3.4 | No | 57 | 96.6 | Scholarship of the
father | | | Yes | 7 | 11.9 | No | 52 | 88.1 | Employment of the mother | | | Housewife | 55 | 93.2 | Independents/employees | 4 | 6.8 | Employment of the father | | | Farmer | 52 | 88.1 | Independent/employees | 7 | 11.9 |
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