Table 1. Background characteristics of study participants, MNCS Endline Survey in 2012.
| Background characteristics | Overall (N = 2868) |
Healthy neonates (N = 1982) |
Sick neonates (N = 886) |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Maternal age (in years) at interview | |||
| 15–24 | 1194 (41.6) | 814 (41.1) | 380 (42.9) |
| 25–34 | 1382 (48.2) | 964 (48.6) | 418 (47.2) |
| 35+ | 292 (10.2) | 204 (10.3) | 88 (9.9) |
| Maternal education | |||
| No formal education | 1105 (38.5) | 767 (38.7) | 338 (38.2) |
| Primary complete | 1017 (35.5) | 671 (33.9) | 346 (39.1) |
| Secondary incomplete | 617 (21.5) | 443 (22.4) | 174 (19.6) |
| Secondary and above | 128 (4.5) | 101 (5.1) | 27 (3.1) |
| Father’s education | |||
| No formal education | 1326 (46.2) | 895 (45.2) | 431 (48.7) |
| Primary complete | 868 (30.3) | 585 (29.5) | 283 (31.9) |
| Secondary incomplete | 474 (16.5) | 346 (17.5) | 128 (14.5) |
| Secondary and above | 192 (6.7) | 151 (7.6) | 41 (4.6) |
| Birth order | |||
| 1 | 824 (28.7) | 564 (28.5) | 260 (29.4) |
| 2 | 732 (25.5) | 521 (26.3) | 211 (23.8) |
| 3 | 544 (19.0) | 371 (18.7) | 173 (19.5) |
| 4 or more | 768 (26.8) | 526 (26.5) | 242 (27.3) |
| Place of delivery | |||
| Home | 2476 (86.3) | 1701 (85.8) | 775 (87.5) |
| Facility | 389 (13.6) | 278 (14.0) | 111 (12.5) |
| Other | 3 (0.1) | 3 (0.2) | - |
| Wealth quintile | |||
| Lowest | 551 (19.2) | 352 (17.8) | 199 (22.5) |
| Second | 589 (20.5) | 379 (19.1) | 210 (23.7) |
| Middle | 589 (20.5) | 393 (19.8) | 196 (22.1) |
| Forth | 568 (19.8) | 442 (22.3) | 126 (14.2) |
| Highest | 571 (19.9) | 416 (21.0) | 155 (17.5) |