Table 1 Characteristics of the infants and young children aged 0–23 months and their mothers, Madagascar 2009 (n = 1956)
Variables | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|
Child characteristics | |
Sex | |
-Male | 49.7 |
-Female | 50.3 |
Nutritional status | |
-Not stunted | 59.3 |
-Stunted | 40.7 |
Maternal characteristics | |
Age at first birth | |
-Younger than 19 | 53.9 |
-19 and older | 46.1 |
Maternal education | |
-No education | 28.6 |
-Primary | 49.7 |
-Secondary | 19.9 |
-Higher | 1.8 |
Exposure to media | |
Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine | |
-Not at all | 84.9 |
-Once a week | 8.8 |
-More than once a week | 3.9 |
-Almost every day | 2.1 |
Frequency of listening to radio | |
-Not at all | 46.6 |
-Once a week | 10.5 |
-More than once a week | 11.2 |
-Almost every day | 31.6 |
Frequency of watching TV | |
-Not at all | 85.9 |
-Once a week | 2.7 |
-More than once a week | 2.4 |
-Almost every day | 8.9 |
Maternal working status | |
-Working | 88.6 |
-Not working | 11.3 |
Household characteristics | |
Wealth Index | |
-Poorest | 29.5 |
-Poor | 20.1 |
-Middle | 18.4 |
-Richer | 16.0 |
-Richest | 15.8 |
Area of residence | |
-Rural | 82.2 |
-Urban | 17.7 |
Toilet facilities | |
-No toilet | 57.6 |
-Latrines (pit/hanging/bucket) | 38.1 |
-Flush toilets | 4.2 |
Drinking water source | |
-Unimproveda | 64.5 |
-Improvedb | 35.4 |