Variables | Vitamin A capsule consumption status | χ2 value | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | Yes (%) | |||
Children’s age (in months) | ||||
06–12 | 433 (48) | 469 (52.0) | 66.297 | < 0.001** |
13–24 | 512 (35.8) | 920 (64.2) | ||
25–36 | 467 (32.5) | 969 (67.5) | ||
37–48 | 478 (33.8) | 938 (66.2) | ||
49–59 | 464 (36.4) | 810 (63.6) | ||
Sex of child | ||||
Male | 1238 (37.3) | 2081 (62.7) | 2.184 | 0.139 |
Female | 1116 (35.5) | 2025 (64.5) | ||
Breastfeeding status | ||||
No | 977 (33.9) | 1903 (66.1) | 14.204 | < 0.001** |
Yes | 1377 (38.5) | 2203 (61.5) | ||
Place of residence | ||||
Rural | 1652 (37.5) | 2757 (62.5) | 6.351 | 0.012* |
Urban | 702 (34.2) | 1349 (65.8) | ||
Division | ||||
Dhaka | 402 (35.6) | 728 (64.4) | 31.612 | < 0.001** |
Barisal | 248 (33.8) | 485 (66.2) | ||
Chittagong | 430 (34.6) | 811 (65.4) | ||
Khulna | 252 (35.8) | 452 (64.2) | ||
Rajshahi | 319 (40.7) | 464 (59.3) | ||
Rangpur | 248 (31.8) | 533 (68.2) | ||
Sylhet | 455 (41.8) | 633 (58.2) | ||
Religion | ||||
Muslim | 2184 (36.9) | 3732 (63.1) | 6.907 | 0.009** |
Non-Muslim | 170 (31.3) | 374 (68.8) | ||
Number of children | ||||
1 | 1491 (35.2) | 2747 (64.8) | 8.672 | 0.013* |
2 | 706 (38.6) | 1123 (61.4) | ||
3 or higher | 157 (39.9) | 236 (60.1) | ||
Mother’s education | ||||
No education | 460 (43.6) | 595 (56.4) | 74.789 | < 0.001** |
Primary | 738 (40.7) | 1076 (59.3) | ||
Secondary | 984 (33.3) | 1968 (66.7) | ||
Higher | 172 (26.9) | 467 (73.1) | ||
Father’s education | ||||
No education | 694 (41.0) | 1000 (59.0) | 76.731 | < 0.001** |
Primary | 800 (40.8) | 1160 (59.2) | ||
Secondary | 606 (32.0) | 1285 (68.0) | ||
Higher | 254 (27.8) | 661 (72.2) | ||
Sex of household head | ||||
Female | 224 (37.2) | 378 (62.8) | 0.170 | 0.680 |
Male | 2130 (36.4) | 3728 (63.6) | ||
Wealth index | ||||
Poor | 1099 (41.5) | 1549 (58.5) | 52.922 | < 0.001** |
Middle | 435 (34.9) | 810 (65.1) | ||
Rich | 820 (31.9) | 1747 (68.1) | ||
Exposure of media | ||||
Non-exposure | 1324 (41.2) | 1889 (58.5) | 62.743 | < 0.001** |
Exposure | 1030 (31.7) | 2217 (68.3) | ||
Employment status | ||||
Unemployed | 1729 (36.3) | 3037 (63.7) | 0.206 | 0.650 |
Employed | 625 (36.9) | 1069 (63.1) | ||
NGO membership | ||||
No | 1859 (37.5) | 3092 (62.5) | 11.241 | 0.001** |
Yes | 495 (32.8) | 1014 (67.2) |