Factor | 2006 | 2011 | ||||
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 | Total N [%] | EBF n [%]#€ | p value | Total N [%] | EBF n [%]#€ | p value |
Infant’s age (months) |  |  | <0.001 |  |  | <0.001 |
<=4 | 380 (78.8) | 218 (59.3) | Â | 187 (82.3) | 134 (73.5) | Â |
5-6 | 102 (21.2) | 26 (33.1) | Â | 40 (17.7) | 12 (33.1) | Â |
Age of Mother (years) | Â | Â | 0.730 | Â | Â | 0.361 |
<19 | 77 (16.0) | 37 (47.6) | Â | 48 (21.0) | 28 (68.9) | Â |
20-29 | 324 (67.2) | 168 (54.4) | Â | 139 (61.0) | 98 (69.7) | Â |
30-34 | 53 (11.0) | 24 (54.2) | Â | 25 (10.9) | 10 (54.1) | Â |
35 and above | 28 (5.8) | 16 (56.9) | Â | 16 (7.0) | 10 (47.6) | Â |
Development region | Â | Â | 0.150 | Â | Â | 0.448 |
Eastern | 115 (23.9) | 45 (45.1) | Â | 48 (21.2) | 28 (60.4) | Â |
Central | 125 (25.9) | 56 (47.9) | Â | 66 (28.9) | 27 (72.0) | Â |
Western | 89 (18.5) | 52 (62.9) | Â | 50 (22.0) | 24 (55.3) | Â |
Mid -Western | 69 (14.3) | 44 (65.0) | Â | 33 (14.6) | 33 (70.7) | Â |
Far-Western | 84 (17.4) | 48 (58.5) | Â | 30 (13.2) | 34 (77.0) | Â |
Ecological region | Â | Â | 0.079 | Â | Â | 0.379 |
Mountain | 60 (12.4) | 22 (41.2) | Â | 15 (6.8) | 24 (65.2) | Â |
Hill | 185 (38.4) | 110 (60.9) | Â | 77 (34.1) | 55 (59.7) | Â |
Terai | 237 (49.2) | 113 (49.0) | Â | 134 (59.1) | 67 (70.2) | Â |
Mother’s education |  |  | 0.009 |  |  | 0.531 |
No education | 262 (54.4) | 139 (54.2) | Â | 86 (38.1) | 60 (71.9) | Â |
Primary | 83 (17.2) | 47 (66.2) | Â | 55 (24.4) | 36 (68.7) | Â |
Secondary | 113 (23.4) | 51 (44.5) | Â | 68 (29.8) | 38 (58.2) | Â |
Higher | 24 (5.0) | 8 (27.9) | Â | 18 (7.7) | 12 (62.7) | Â |
Mother’s occupation |  |  | 0.281 |  |  | 0.805 |
Not working | 121 (25.1) | 54 (47.9) | Â | 86 (38.1) | 50 (69.5) | Â |
Agriculture | 290 (60.2) | 159 (56.4) | Â | 122 (53.5) | 84 (64.2) | Â |
Working (paid) | 71 (14.7) | 32 (51.4) | Â | 19 (8.4) | 12 (65.0) | Â |
Father’s occupation |  |  | 0.003 |  |  | 0.746 |
Agriculture | 176 (36.5) | 106 (63.4) | Â | 43 (18.9) | 31 (67.6) | Â |
Professional, clerical, service, and manual | 195 (61.2) | 134 (48.7) | Â | 168 (73.9) | 105 (65.0) | Â |
Others (Not specified) | 11 (2.3) | 5 (32.8) | Â | 17 (7.3) | 10 (76.4) | Â |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | 0.036 | Â | Â | 0.296 |
Relatively advantaged | 198 (41.9) | 97 (48.2) | Â | 93 (41.2) | 65 (66.2) | Â |
Relatively disadvantaged (Janjati) | 155 (32.8) | 86 (62.4) | Â | 74 (32.6) | 42 (59.2) | Â |
Relatively disadvantaged (Dalit) | 119 (25.2) | 56 (47.0) | Â | 59 (26.2) | 39 (75.4) | Â |
Religion | Â | Â | 0.128 | n= | Â | 0.221 |
Hindu | 420 (87.1) | 211(51.2) | Â | 190 (83.8) | 125 (68.2) | Â |
Others | 62 (12.9) | 34 (65.5) | Â | 37 (16.2) | 21 (56.4) | Â |
Sex of child | Â | Â | 0.078 | Â | Â | 0.086 |
Male | 250 (51.9) | 137 (57.2) | Â | 118 (52.0) | 73 (60.3) | Â |
Female | 232 (48.1) | 108 (48.6) | Â | 109 (48.0) | 73 (72.4) | Â |
Wealth index | Â | Â | 0.015 | Â | Â | 0.310 |
Poorest | 138 (28.6) | 88 (67.2) | Â | 52 (22.8) | 39 (61.7) | Â |
Poor | 86 (17.8) | 42 (51.2) | Â | 45 (20.0) | 31 (65.5) | Â |
Middle | 94 (19.5) | 44 (54.3) | Â | 58 (25.5) | 31 (77.4) | Â |
Richer | 92 (19.1) | 43 (46.8) | Â | 44 (19.2) | 30 (69.1) | Â |
Richest | 72 (14.1) | 28 (40.6) | Â | 28 (12.5) | 15 (49.1) | Â |