Table 2.
Characteristics | No. | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Gender of child | ||
Male | 790 | 48.4 |
Female | 843 | 51.6 |
Age (months) of child | ||
0 | 334 | 20.5 |
1 | 368 | 22.5 |
2 | 396 | 24.2 |
3 | 535 | 32.8 |
Birth registered | ||
Yes | 118 | 7.2 |
No | 1,515 | 92.8 |
Stratum | ||
Rural | 1,128 | 69.1 |
Metro-city—non-slum | 118 | 7.2 |
Metro-city—slum | 55 | 3.4 |
District—urban | 276 | 16.9 |
Tribal | 56 | 3.4 |
Education of mothers∗ | ||
Illiterate | 670 | 42.0 |
Primary | 410 | 25.7 |
Secondary | 485 | 30.4 |
Higher | 29 | 1.8 |
Education of household heads | ||
Illiterate | 859 | 52.6 |
Primary | 348 | 21.3 |
Secondary | 357 | 21.9 |
Higher | 69 | 4.2 |
Ownership of household | ||
Own house | 1,372 | 84.0 |
Rent | 261 | 16.0 |
Source of drinking-water | ||
Tubewell/tap/ringwell | 1,549 | 94.9 |
Pond/river/other | 75 | 4.5 |
Both | 10 | 0.6 |
Place of disposal of faeces | ||
Latrine/hole/fixed place | 1,210 | 74.1 |
No fixed place | 423 | 25.9 |
∗n=l,594 as in 39 cases the mother was not the primary carer of the child