Table 1.
Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of children aged 6–23 months, Odisha, India, 2015–2016
Characteristics | % distribution of children | Number of children |
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Child’s age in months | ||
6–8 | 16·4 | 504 |
9–11 | 17·7 | 544 |
12–17 | 32·3 | 994 |
18–23 | 33·5 | 1031 |
Child’s gender | ||
Male | 53·1 | 1632 |
Female | 46·9 | 1441 |
Child’s birth order | ||
First | 42·4 | 1303 |
Second and above | 57·6 | 1770 |
Child’s birth weight | ||
Less than 2·5 kg – written card | 14·5 | 445 |
2·5 kg and above – written card | 58·4 | 1796 |
Less than 2·5 kg – mother’s recall | 4·4 | 133 |
2·5 kg and above – mother’s recall | 17·8 | 548 |
Not weighted/do not know | 4·9 | 151 |
Child’s initiation of breast-feeding | ||
Within 1 h of birth | 68·6 | 2107 |
After 1 h of birth | 31·4 | 966 |
Child received any benefit from ICDS in the last 12 months | ||
No | 8·8 | 269 |
Yes | 91·2 | 2804 |
Current age of mother | ||
15–24 years | 42·2 | 1296 |
25–29 years | 36·6 | 1126 |
30–49 years | 21·2 | 651 |
Age at marriage of the mother | ||
19 and below years | 56·6 | 1720 |
20 and above years | 43·4 | 1321 |
Years of schooling of the mother | ||
No schooling | 25·8 | 793 |
Less than 10 years | 51·2 | 1574 |
10 and above years | 23·0 | 706 |
Mass media exposure of the mother | ||
No | 28·1 | 863 |
Yes | 71·9 | 2210 |
Antenatal care visits for the last pregnancy | ||
<4 times | 37·5 | 1152 |
4+ times | 62·5 | 1921 |
Place of delivery of the youngest child | ||
Others | 12·6 | 386 |
Institutional | 87·4 | 2686 |
Wealth index of the household | ||
Poorest/poorer | 65·5 | 2013 |
Middle | 19·7 | 604 |
Richer/richest | 14·8 | 456 |
Social group of the household | ||
Non-SC/ST/OBC | 17·1 | 524 |
Scheduled caste (SC) | 22·5 | 691 |
Scheduled tribe (ST) | 28·5 | 875 |
Other backward class (OBC) | 32·0 | 983 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 14·7 | 452 |
Rural | 85·3 | 2621 |
Region* | ||
Coastal | 33·7 | 1035 |
Northern | 29·2 | 896 |
Southern | 37·1 | 1141 |
Nutritionally classified type of districts† | ||
High burdened districts (HBD) | 47·5 | 1461 |
Low burdened districts (LBD) | 52·5 | 1612 |
Total children aged 6–23 months | 100·0 | 3073 |
Coastal (nine districts, namely Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttack, Jajapur, Nayagarh, Khordha, Puri), Northern (nine districts, namely Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Debagarh, Sundargarh, Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Angul) and Southern (twelve districts, namely Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal (Phoolbani), Baudh, Sonapur, Balangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Malkangiri).
HBD – Angul, Bhadrak, Balangir, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nowrangpur, Nuapada, Rayagada, Sambalpur and Sundergarh. LBD – rest of the fifteen districts.