Table 1 Per cent distribution of child health outcomes by household and child characteristics, BFHS 2007
Characteristic | Stunted (below −2 SD height/age) | Diarrhoea in the last two weeks before the survey | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | Total | N | % missing | 95% CI | % | Total | N | % missing | 95% CI | |
Household size (persons) | ||||||||||
 2–3 | 27.3 | 263 | 273 | 3.7 | 21.9,33.4 | 17.0 | 273 | 273 | 0.0 | 12.7,22.4 |
 4–6 | 27.7 | 1004 | 1094 | 8.2 | 24.6,30.9 | 16.3 | 1092 | 1094 | 0.2 | 14.1,18.8 |
 7+ | 32.4 | 1206 | 1294 | 6.8 | 29.7,35.2 | 19.6 | 1293 | 1294 | 0.1 | 17.4,22.0 |
Household wealth | ||||||||||
 Poorest | 33.8 | 687 | 740 | 7.1 | 30.1,37.6 | 22.3 | 736 | 740 | 0.5 | 19.2,25.8 |
 Second | 35.1 | 719 | 771 | 6.8 | 31.6,38.8 | 18.2 | 771 | 771 | 0.0 | 15.6,21.2 |
 Middle | 27.7 | 398 | 429 | 7.3 | 23.3,32.7 | 18.1 | 429 | 429 | 0.0 | 14.6,22.3 |
 Fourth | 25.3 | 361 | 390 | 7.6 | 20.0,31.5 | 16.9 | 390 | 390 | 0.0 | 13.2,21.2 |
 Richest | 17.6 | 309 | 332 | 6.7 | 13.6,22.6 | 8.9 | 332 | 332 | 0.0 | 6.1,12.8 |
Regiona | ||||||||||
 North | 26.2 | 280 | 302 | 7.3 | 21.1,32.1 | 21.3 | 302 | 302 | 0.0 | 16.6,26.9 |
 South | 25.3 | 718 | 778 | 7.7 | 22.0,29.0 | 16.3 | 778 | 778 | 0.0 | 13.7,19.3 |
 West | 33.0 | 442 | 486 | 8.9 | 28.7,37.6 | 21.6 | 484 | 486 | 0.3 | 18.1,25.6 |
 East & North East | 33.8 | 256 | 271 | 5.6 | 26.9,41.5 | 14.3 | 271 | 271 | 0.0 | 10.6,19.1 |
 Central | 32.5 | 779 | 826 | 5.7 | 29.2,36.1 | 17.5 | 824 | 826 | 0.3 | 14.9,20.4 |
Residence | ||||||||||
 City/Town | 25.6 | 411 | 441 | 6.8 | 20.7,31.1 | 15.8 | 441 | 441 | 0.0 | 12.6,19.7 |
 Urban village | 27.8 | 822 | 879 | 6.5 | 24.8,31.1 | 17.3 | 879 | 879 | 0.0 | 14.9,20.1 |
 Rural | 32.8 | 1241 | 1342 | 7.5 | 30.0,35.6 | 19.1 | 1339 | 1342 | 0.3 | 16.9,21.5 |
Number of children under five years in a household | ||||||||||
 1–2 | 29.1 | 1975 | 2129 | 7.2 | 26.9,31.3 | 17.1 | 2125 | 2129 | 0.2 | 15.5,18.9 |
 3–6 | 33.3 | 499 | 533 | 6.4 | 29.2,37.8 | 21.5 | 533 | 533 | 0.0 | 18.0,25.4 |
Child’s age group (months) | ||||||||||
 0–5 | 23.9 | 215 | 238 | 9.7 | 18.3,30.7 | 16.8 | 238 | 238 | 0.0 | 12.3,22.5 |
 6–11 | 28.7 | 271 | 299 | 9.6 | 23.4,34.7 | 28.3 | 299 | 299 | 0.0 | 23.2,33.9 |
 12–23 | 43.4 | 539 | 577 | 6.7 | 38.7,48.3 | 29.1 | 577 | 577 | 0.0 | 25.1,33.3 |
 24–35 | 35.7 | 534 | 572 | 6.6 | 31.6,40.0 | 17.7 | 572 | 572 | 0.0 | 14.7,21.2 |
 36–47 | 24.0 | 487 | 526 | 7.3 | 20.3,28.2 | 9.1 | 524 | 526 | 0.3 | 6.8,11.9 |
 48–60 | 16.4 | 429 | 450 | 4.8 | 13.0,20.5 | 8.3 | 448 | 450 | 0.5 | 5.9,11.4 |
Child’s sex | ||||||||||
 Female | 27.3 | 1233 | 1324 | 6.9 | 24.6,30.2 | 19.0 | 1322 | 1324 | 0.2 | 16.8,21.4 |
 Male | 32.6 | 1241 | 1338 | 7.3 | 29.9,35.4 | 17.0 | 1336 | 1338 | 0.1 | 14.9,19.2 |
Grand Total | 29.9 | 2474 | 2662 | 7.1 | 28.0,31.9 | 18.0 | 2658 | 2662 | 0.1 | 16.5,19.6 |