Table 2 Selected socio-demographic characteristics of the samples, Demographic and Health Surveys in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan (%)
|  | Armenia 2000 n = 1726 | Armenia 2005 n = 1430 | Armenia 2010 n = 1473 | Kyrgyzstan 1997 n = 1127 | Kyrgyzstan 2012 n = 4363 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 56.4 | 53.6 | 52.6 | 51.1 | 51.4 |
Female | 43.6 | 46.4 | 47.4 | 48.9 | 48.9 |
Childhood place of residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Urban | 43.9 | 67.0 | 65.5 | 25.4 | 25.4 |
Rural | 56.1 | 33.0 | 34.5 | 74.6 | 74.6 |
Child’s place of birth |  |  |  |  |  |
Delivery at home | 8.5 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.4 |
Delivery in health care facility | 91.5 | 98.1 | 99.8 | 96.8 | 99.6 |
Mother’s education |  |  |  |  |  |
Primary | 0.2 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Secondary | 84.5 | 78.3 | 37.7 | 86.0 | 55.9 |
Higher | 15.4 | 21.4 | 56.9 | 13.8 | 44.1 |
Vaccination cards available | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 7.6 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 24.4 | 11.3 |
Yes | 92.4 | 91.5 | 93.1 | 75.6 | 88.7 |