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Table 1 Percentage distribution of selected variables in the study over different survey years

From: How does mode of delivery associate with double burden of malnutrition among mother–child dyads?: a trend analysis using Bangladesh demographic health surveys

 

Survey Year

Pooled (n = 14,975)

2007 (n = 2899)

2011 (n = 3870)

2014 (n = 3829)

2017 (n = 4377)

DBM

Yes

2.4

3.4

5.1

6.4

4.5

otherwise

97.6

96.6

94.9

93.6

95.5

Mode of Delivery

C-section

10.9

18.2

24.6

33.9

23.0

Normal

89.1

81.8

75.4

66.1

77.0

Current Breastfeeding status

Yes

88.7

88.7

87.7

87.1

88.0

No

11.3

11.25

12.3

12.9

12.0

Division

Barisal

12.8

10.8

12.2

10.9

11.6

Chattogram

20.2

20.0

18.8

16.3

18.7

Dhaka

22.0

16.2

18.0

25.9

20.6

Khulna

12.4

12.9

11.9

10.7

11.9

Rajshahi

17.6

25.7

25.4

22.6

23.1

Sylhet

15.0

14.5

13.7

13.6

14.1

Place of Residence

Rural

63.2

67.7

68.0

66.3

66.5

Urban

36.8

32.3

32.0

33.7

33.5

Wealth Index

Poor

38.6

39.6

39.3

42.1

40.1

Middle

18.5

19.4

19.6

18.3

18.9

Rich

42.9

41.0

41.2

39.7

41.0

Media Exposure

Yes

64.0

66.4

63.3

64.4

64.6

No

36.0

33.6

36.7

35.6

35.4

Mother’s Educational Level

No education

23.1

15.9

13.1

6.3

13.8

Primary

30.7

29.1

26.9

27.4

28.4

Secondary

36.8

46.2

48.5

48.3

45.6

Higher

9.3

8.8

11.5

18.0

12.3

Father’s Educational Level

No education

48.8

41.9

38.3

32.8

39.7

Primary

31.0

37.2

38.7

42.6

38.0

Secondary

6.4

6.6

7.6

5.6

6.5

Higher

13.8

14.4

15.5

19.0

15.9

Mother’s Working Status

Yes

21.4

7.9

21.5

37.5

22.6

No

78.6

92.1

78.5

62.5

77.4

Mother’s Decision-making Capacity

Yes

78.6

73.1

73.1

84.9

77.6

No

21.4

26.9

26.9

15.1

22.4

Attitude towards Violence

Yes

32.3

32.2

27.9

17.8

26.9

No

67.7

67.8

72.1

82.2

73.1

Mother’s Age

15 to 24

54.7

55.9

54.7

52.7

54.5

Greater than 24

45.3

44.1

45.3

47.3

45.5

Received ANC

Yes

65.2

70.5

79.4

92.1

78.1

No

34.8

29.5

20.6

7.9

21.9

Wanted Child

Yes

69.1

70.8

74.5

78.3

73.6

No

30.9

29.2

25.5

21.7

26.4

Initiation of Breastfeeding

Within 1 Hour

56.3

52.4

48.8

39.3

51.6

After 1 Hour

43.7

47.6

51.2

60.7

48.4

Child’s Sex

Female

49.9

49.4

48.1

47.3

48.5

Male

50.1

50.6

51.9

52.7

51.5

Birth Order

First Birth

32.7

36.5

40.1

37.2

36.9

Otherwise

67.3

63.5

59.9

62.8

63.1

Child’s Age

 < 18

55.5

57.9

55.9

58.4

57.1

18 + 

44.5

42.1

44.1

41.6

42.9

Vitamin A Consumption

Yes

64.7

49.4

55.7

68.9

59.7

No

35.3

50.6

44.3

31.1

40.3