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. 2021 May 26;24(12):3834–3844. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021002172

Table 1.

Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of children aged 6–23 months, Odisha, India, 2015–2016

Characteristics % distribution of children Number of children
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.