Table 1 Frequency distribution of the consumption of vitamin A supplementation status according to selected characteristics in Rural and Urban areas of Bangladesh
Characteristics of the study sample | Vitamin A capsule consumption status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban children | Rural children | |||
No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | |
Division (a*, b**) | ||||
Barisal | 65 (24.9) | 196 (75.1) | 180 (29.9) | 422 (70.1) |
Chittagong | 114 (23.8) | 366 (76.3) | 228 (25.2) | 678 (74.8) |
Dhaka | 211 (29.8) | 496 (70.2) | 161 (30.4) | 369 (69.6) |
Khulna | 71 (22.3) | 248 (77.7) | 150 (27.4) | 397 (72.6) |
Mymensing | 55 (21.9) | 196 (78.1) | 185 (25.1) | 553 (74.9) |
Rajshahi | 76 (29.1) | 185 (78.1) | 153 (25.1) | 456 (74.9) |
Rangpur | 71 (25.2) | 211 (74.8) | 145 (22.4) | 503 (77.6) |
Sylhet | 97 (27.7) | 253 (72.3) | 259 (29.7) | 614 (70.3) |
Religion (a*, b**) | ||||
Islam | 711 (26.6) | 1961 (73.4) | 1364 (27.3) | 3624 (72.7) |
Other than Islam | 49 (20.5) | 190 (79.5) | 97 (20.9) | 368 (79.1) |
Sex of household head (a, b) | ||||
Male | 689 (26.2) | 1945 (73.8) | 1268 (27.1) | 3416 (72.9) |
Female | 71 (25.6) | 206 (74.4) | 193 (25.1) | 576 (74.9) |
Wealth index (a*, b) | ||||
Poorest | 86 (28.1) | 220 (71.9) | 422 (27.7) | 1102 (72.3) |
Poor | 66 (27.6) | 173 (72.4) | 387 (26.9) | 1052 (73.1) |
Middle | 101 (26.0) | 287 (74.0) | 301 (27.3) | 802 (72.7) |
Richer | 221 (28.4) | 557 (71.6) | 230 (26.2) | 647 (73.8) |
Richest | 286 (23.8) | 914 (76.2) | 121 (23.7) | 389 (76.3) |
Child’s sex (a*, b) | ||||
Male | 381 (26.0) | 1083 (74.0) | 756 (26.1) | 2136 (73.9) |
Female | 379 (26.2) | 1068 (73.8) | 705 (27.5) | 1856 (72.5) |
Age of Child (a***, b***) | ||||
06–12 months | 91 (30.3) | 209 (69.7) | 191 (29.4) | 459 (70.6) |
13–24 months | 88 (15.5) | 481 (84.5) | 184 (16.6) | 923 (83.4) |
25–36 months | 68 (12.3) | 487 (87.7) | 190 (18.0) | 863 (82.0) |
37–48 months | 115 (21.5) | 420 (78.5) | 197 (19.0) | 840 (81.0) |
49–59 months | 111 (19.9) | 446 (80.1) | 209 (21.8) | 748 (78.2) |
Number of children (a*, b***) | ||||
1 child | 470 (25.2) | 1395 (74.8) | 756 (24.2) | 2363 (75.8) |
2 child | 186 (26.5) | 516 (73.5) | 447 (28.9) | 1099 (71.1) |
3 or more child | 34 (33.0) | 69 (67.0) | 94 (30.4) | 215 (69.6) |
Mother’s age (a***, b***) | ||||
15–20 years | 159 (33.4) | 317 (66.6) | 338 (32.2) | 713 (67.8) |
21–25 years | 253 (25.8) | 728 (74.2) | 523 (26.6) | 1446 (73.4) |
26–30 years | 182 (22.8) | 615 (77.2) | 364 (26.2) | 1027 (73.8) |
31–35 years | 116 (26.0) | 331 (74.0) | 166 (22.5) | 571 (77.5) |
35 or more years | 50 (23.8) | 160 (76.2) | 70 (23.0) | 235 (77.0) |
Mother’s education (a***, b**) | ||||
No education | 61 (31.4) | 133 (68.6) | 118 (29.1) | 287 (70.9) |
Primary | 223 (30.7) | 504 (69.3) | 485 (28.8) | 1198 (71.2) |
Secondary | 306 (24.2) | 958 (75.8) | 703 (26.3) | 1974 (73.7) |
Higher | 170 (23.4) | 556 (76.6) | 155 (22.5) | 533 (77.5) |
Father’s education (a**, b*) | ||||
No education | 103 (32.3) | 216 (67.7) | 250 (26.9) | 678 (73.1) |
Primary | 225 (27.0) | 608 (73.0) | 544 (27.7) | 1422 (72.3) |
Secondary | 235 (26.1) | 667 (73.9) | 473 (27.4) | 1253 (72.6) |
Higher | 182 (22.8) | 618 (77.3) | 169 (22.6) | 578 (77.4) |
Breastfeeding status (a***, b***) | ||||
No | 247 (18.7) | 1075 (81.3) | 409 (19.7) | 1672 (80.3) |
Yes | 513 (32.3) | 1076 (67.7) | 1052 (31.2) | 2320 (68.8) |