Table 1.

Family behavioural factors, age of mother, household experience of hardships, household economic status, characteristics of the child and access to health services (n = 2373 surviving children in n = 1327 households)

Family behavioural factors related to women	n	%
Lack of education (y vs n)	1327	71.7
Married younger than 16 years (y vs n)	1308	18.3
Lack of maternal autonomy (y vs n)	303	79.1
Preference for female physician (y vs n)	1322	58.4
Age of the mother
Age of the mother (years)	1322
13 to 20		38.3
21 to 22		26.8
23 to 38		34.9
Household experience of hardships in the last 5 years
Shortage of basic material needs	1227	59.1
Forced to leave preferred residence	1316	85.0
Migration inside the country	316	52.9
Migration outside the country	316	32.1
Household economic status
Monthly income terciles (Afghani)	1322
First (100 to 4999)		37.9
Second (5000 to 9999)		25.6
Third (10,000 to 60,000)		36.5
No running water	1327	38.1
Characteristics of the child and access to health services
Female	2373	48.4
Age (months)	2373
0–11		22.3
1 December 2003		24.3
24–35		19.7
36–47		17.7
48–59		15.9
Missing diphtheria, pertusis and tetanus vaccination (y vs n)	2304	17.9