Variables | Categories | Weighted Frequency (n) | Weighted Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic characteristics and health service utilization of the mothers | |||
 Age of women (years) | 15–19 | 1568 | 19.24 |
20–34 | 4415 | 54.19 | |
35–49 | 2164 | 26.56 | |
 Sex of household head | Male | 7926 | 85.99 |
Female | 1291 | 14.01 | |
 Educational attainment of women | No education | 5536 | 67.96 |
Primary education | 2069 | 25.4 | |
Secondary & above | 541 | 6.64 | |
 Occupation of women | Not working | 4377 | 53.73 |
Worked | 3769 | 46.27 | |
 Marital status of a mother | Married | 7636 | 93.73 |
Not married | 511 | 6.27 | |
 Household family size | 1–4 | 2039 | 25.03 |
5–10 | 5842 | 71.72 | |
>  11 | 265 | 3.25 | |
 Media exposure | No | 5519 | 67.75 |
Yes | 2627 | 32.55 | |
 Wealth index | Poorest | 3858 | 47.36 |
Middle | 1702 | 20.89 | |
Richest | 2587 | 31.75 | |
 Pregnancy wontedness | Wanted | 5804 | 71.24 |
Unwanted | 2343 | 28.76 | |
 ANC visits | No ANC | 1946 | 38.61 |
At least one ANC | 3094 | 61.39 | |
 Place of delivery | Home delivery | 6262 | 76.86 |
Health facilities | 1885 | 23.14 | |
Child related characteristics | |||
 Sex of child | Male | 4241 | 52.06 |
Female | 3905 | 47.94 | |
 Age of child | 12–23 months | 2004 | 24.6 |
>  23 months | 6142 | 75.4 | |
 Plurality | Single | 7955 | 97.66 |
Multiple | 191 | 2.34 | |
 Birth order | ≤ 3 | 3919 | 48.1 |
>  3 | 4228 | 51.9 | |
Community level variables | |||
 Distance from health facilities | Not big problem | 3199 | 39.27 |
Big problem | 4947 | 60.73 | |
 Community education | Low | 4230 | 51.93 |
High | 3916 | 48.07 | |
 Community media usage | Low | 3639 | 44.67 |
High | 4508 | 55.33 | |
 Community poverty | Low | 4945 | 60.71 |
High | 3201 | 39.29 | |
 Residence | Urban | 878 | 10.77 |
Rural | 7269 | 89.23 | |
 Region | Metropolis | 233 | 2.85 |
Large central | 7349 | 90.22 | |
Small periphery | 564 | 6.93 |