Childhood Convulsion: Inquiry about the Concerns and Home Management among Mothers in Tegbesun, a Periurban Community in Ilorin, Nigeria

Table 2

Some demographic characteristics of subjects.

Characteristics	No.	%
Marital status
Single mothers	2	0.4
Divorced	7	1.4
Widowed	18	3.6
Married	473	94.6
Total	500	100
Religion
Christianity	94	18.8
Islam	406	81.2
Traditional religion	—	—
Total	500	100
Education
None	167	33.4
Primary	168	33.6
Secondary	155	31.0
Tertiary	10	2.0
Total	500	100
Occupation
Farming	320	50.5
Trading	272	42.9
House wives	25	3.9
Civil servants	17	2.7
Total	500	100
Ethnicity
Yoruba	495	99.0
Ibo	4	0.8
Hausa	1	0.2
Total	500	100