Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents (n 5951). Data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014

Characteristic	Mean or n	sd or %
Mother’s age (years), mean and sd	25·65	5·98
Child’s age (months), mean and sd	30·9	16·9
Mother’s age at first birth (years), mean and sd	18·27	3·33
Total children ever born, mean and sd	2·3	1·5
Mother’s education, n and %
No education	881	14·80
Primary	1608	27·02
Secondary	2801	47·07
Higher	661	11·11
Mother currently working, n and %
Yes	1513	25·4
No	4437	74·6
Father’s education, n and %
No education	1412	23·7
Primary	1779	29·9
Secondary	1863	31·3
Higher	896	15·1
Father’s occupation, n and %
Farmer	1404	23·6
Labour	1194	20·1
Service/businessman	3176	53·4
Others (unemployment, retired)	138	2·3
Place of residence, n and %
Urban	1926	32·4
Rural	4025	67·6
Wealth index quintile, n and %
Poorest	1232	20·7
Poor	1101	18·5
Middle	1178	19·8
Rich	1239	20·8
Richest	1201	20·2
Family exposed to media, n and %
Television/radio/newspaper	2173	36·5
Not at all	3778	63·5
Received deworming drug, n and %
Yes, last two week	2281	38·4
No	3662	61·6
Reported fever (n 2948), n and %
Yes, last two week	1024	34·7
No	1924	65·3
Ever vaccinated, n and %
Yes	1872	31·5
No	4071	68·5
Place of delivery (n 3977), n and %
At home	2373	59·7
Government hospital	551	13·9
Private hospital/clinic	931	23·4
Others (NGO)	122	3·1
Had C-section delivery (n 3976), n and %
Yes	950	24·0
No	3026	76·0
Size of child at birth, n and %
Larger than average	538	13·5
Average	2693	67·7
Smaller than average	748	18·8

NGO, non-governmental organization; C-section, caesarean section.