Table 2. Baseline characteristics of survey respondents in the Pakistan demographic and health survey (2006–2007).

	Punjab	Sindh	KPK	Baluchistan	Total
n	3705	2649	1787	1036	9177
(%)	(40.4)	(22.9)	(19.5)	(11.3)	(100)
Child median age in wk	126	126	126	130	126
(IQR)	(56.57–187.14)	(56.57–191.14)	(60.85–191.28)	(60.85–187.21)	(56.57–187.28)
Male (%)	52	52	53	53	52
Ethnicity
Punjabi (%)	62.8	5.1	0.7	1.0	27.1
Mohajir (%)	7.2	9.7	1.0	1.9	6.1
Sindhi (%)	0.0	47.0	0.1	10.1	14.7
Pakhtun (%)	2.3	3.9	77.7	45.8	22.4
Balochi (%)	0.3	7.1	0.0	26.0	5.1
Seraiki (%)	24.7	13.6	6.2	3.3	15.5
Other (%)	2.7	13.7	14.3	12.0	9.2
Urban (%)	34.5	38.3	30.7	29.3	34.3
Wealth
Lowest Quintile (%)	17.5	33.4	14.6	33.1	23.3
2nd Quintile (%)	17.2	20.4	31.4	23.8	21.6
3rd Quintile (%)	22.2	14.5	21.2	25.8	20.2
4th Quintile (%)	21.5	17.1	17.4	9.7	18.1
Highest Quintile (%)	21.6	21.6	14.5	15.6	16.8
Telephone connection (%)	46.0	38.4	47.9	33.0	42.7
Median household size	8	9	9	10	9
(IQR)	(6–11)	(6–12)	(7–13)	(7–16)	(6–12)
Median number of children Under 5 y of age	2	2	2	2	2
(IQR)	(1–3)	(2–3)	(2–3)	(2–4)	(1–3)
Median highest maternal y of education	5	5	4	4	5
(IQR)	(3–5)	(3–5)	(3–5)	(3–5)	(3–5)
Median breastfeeding duration in mo	15	14	16	16	15
(IQR)	(7–24)	(7–24)	(8–24)	(9–24)	(7–24)
Received at least 1 dose of Maternal tetanus (%)	66.2	57.6	51.3	31.9	56.8
Male household head (%)	91.5	95.6	90.0	98.4	93.2
Home delivery (%)	64.4	57.9	66.9	79.0	64.7
Antenatal visits
0 (%)	32.3	27.5	42.2	56.3	35.7
1–5 (%)	48.7	55.1	46.6	40.8	49.2
6–10 (%)	16.0	14.5	10.1	2.6	12.9
>10 (%)	3.0	2.9	1.1	0.3	2.3