Table 1.
Distribution of study sample of 75,728 infants aged 6–23 months, in villages across India, by background characteristics.
| Individual- and household-level characteristics | N | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Sex, birth order (n = 75,701) | ||
| Boy, birth order ⩽3 | 30,049 | 40.0 |
| Girl, birth order ⩽3 | 27,117 | 36.0 |
| Boy, birth order ⩾4 | 9724 | 12.6 |
| Girl, birth order ⩾4 | 8811 | 11.4 |
| Child’s vaccination card (n = 75,724) | ||
| Card is seen | 33,255 | 43.9 |
| Child has card but not seen | 21,986 | 29.2 |
| No card | 20,483 | 26.9 |
| Mother’s education (n = 75,702) | ||
| 0 years of schooling | 37,512 | 48.7 |
| Years of schooling: 1–5 | 11,786 | 15.7 |
| Years of schooling: 6–9 | 15,792 | 21.3 |
| Years of schooling: 10 or more | 10,612 | 14.3 |
| Partner’s education (n = 75,083) | ||
| 0 years of schooling | 20,259 | 26.6 |
| Years of schooling: 1–5 | 12,838 | 17.1 |
| Years of schooling: 6–9 | 20,907 | 28.0 |
| Years of schooling: 10 or more | 21,079 | 28.3 |
| Mother’s knowledge about diarrhoea management, on scale of 0–5 (n = 75,661) | ||
| 0 | 33,457 | 44.1 |
| 1 | 21,689 | 28.6 |
| 2 | 15,165 | 20.1 |
| 3–5 | 5350 | 7.2 |
| Mother fed colostrum during last live birth (n = 74,686) | 58,709 | 79.0 |
| Mother has seen, heard, or read messages related to immunization (n = 75,727) | 70,637 | 93.6 |
| Household head is Muslim (n = 75,723) | 9816 | 12.8 |
| Household head belongs to scheduled tribe (n = 75,645) | 14,150 | 19.2 |
| Household wealth quintile (n = 75,712) | ||
| Poorest | 18,725 | 24.3 |
| 2nd quintile | 18,742 | 24.5 |
| 3rd quintile | 16,970 | 22.7 |
| 4th quintile | 14,118 | 19.0 |
| Richest | 7157 | 9.6 |
| Village-level characteristics (n = 20,433) | N | Percentage |
| Does not have electricity | 3518 | 17.2 |
| Has subcentre | 8162 | 40.2 |
| Has PHC | 2804 | 13.7 |
| Is connected by all-weather road to subcentre or PHC | 17,110 | 83.7 |
| Has ANM available (staying in village/visiting) | 13,081 | 64.4 |
| Has ASHA available (staying in village/visiting) | 12,492 | 61.1 |
| District-level characteristics (n = 574) | Median, IQR | |
| Percentage of women with primary education | 36.1, 24.0 | |
| Percentage of fourth or higher birth order children | 18.4, 19.5 | |
| Percentage of villages with subcentre | 37.7, 24.1 | |
| Percentage of households in the highest wealth quintile | 14.7, 18.4 | |
Note: ANM = auxiliary nurse midwife; ASHA = accredited social health activist; PHC = primary health centre.