Research Article
Sleep Pattern and Problems in Young Children Visiting Outpatient Department of a Tertiary Level Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents and child.
| | Sociodemographic variables | Frequency | Percentage |
| years | Age of the children(in months) | 6-12 | 103 | 41.3 | 13-24 | 108 | 43.4 | 25-35 | 38 | 15.3 | months | Residence | Kathmandu | 192 | 77.1 | Bhaktapur | 36 | 14.5 | Lalitpur | 7 | 2.8 | Outside of valley | 14 | 5.6 | Relationship with child | Mother | 210 | 84.3 | Father | 20 | 8.0 | Grandparents | 10 | 4.0 | Others | 9 | 3.6 | Family type | Nuclear | 105 | 42.2 | Joint/extended | 144 | 57.8 | Educational status of respondent | Illiterate | 8 | 3.2 | Less than or equal to high school | 149 | 59.8 | Graduate | 57 | 22.9 | Postgraduate and higher | 35 | 14.1 | Occupation of respondent | Home maker | 198 | 79.5 | Service | 29 | 11.6 | Business | 17 | 6.8 | Farming | 2 | 0.8 | Others | 3 | 1.2 | Sex of the child | Male | 136 | 54.6 | Female | 113 | 45.4 | Birth order | Eldest | 151 | 60.6 | Middle | 3 | 1.2 | Youngest | 95 | 38.2 |
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