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Table 2 Frequency and percentage distributions of VAS status among children aged 6 to 59 months in Bangladesh along with p-value of the chi-square (χ2) test

From: Factors associated with coverage of vitamin a supplementation among Bangladeshi children: mixed modelling approach

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)

  
  1. ** statistically significant at 1% level of significance, * significant at 5% level