Table 1.

Mobility status of study households with children age 0-59 months and association with demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics using t- and χ²-tests

	Residentially stable, >24 months n=5513		Recently relocated, <12 months n=4507		P value
Demographics	mean	SE	mean	SE
Number of household members	5.40	0.09	4.60	0.10	<0.001
Number of children <5 years in household	1.28	0.01	1.25	0.01	0.194
Age of index child in months	30.0	0.23	28.7	0.25	<0.001
	n	%	n	%
Sex of index child: Male	2478	45	2048	45	0.622
Socioeconomics
Mother’s education					<0.001
No education	1133	21	1162	26
Some schooling	1142	21	1176	26
Finished secondary	1849	34	1483	33
>Secondary	1389	25	686	15
Father’s education					<0.001
No education	1261	23	1139	25
Some schooling	913	17	911	20
Finished secondary	1525	28	1372	30
>Secondary	1814	33	1085	24
Occupation of household head					<0.001
Unemployed or other	482	9	232	5
Daily labour	916	17	1218	27
Shopkeeper or merchant	1787	32	1058	23
Salaried service	2328	42	1999	44
Monthly household income*					<0.001
<5000 taka (US $73)	971	18	1080	24
5001–10 000 taka	1634	30	1925	43
>10 000 taka (US $145)	2900	53	1498	33
Household wealth index†					<0.001
Lowest	1092	20	1110	25
Second	922	17	1021	23
Third	966	18	911	20
Fourth	1455	26	1155	26
Highest	1078	20	310	7
Health services knowledge
Knowledge of local hospital	4709	85	3428	76	<0.001
Health outcomes
Severe acute respiratory illness suffered by index child within 12 months‡	763	14	695	15	0.026
Meningitis/encephalitis suffered by index child within 12 months§	185	3	164	4	0.443

*12 respondents (eight residentially stable and four recently relocated) did not know or did not disclose household income.

†Polychoric Principal Components Analysis was used to create a household wealth index including structural housing characteristics, cooking fuel, drinking water and sanitation.

‡One residentially stable respondent did not know if child recently had a severe acute respiratory illness.

§Three respondents did not know if child recently had a serious illness with mental status changes (two residentially stable and one recently relocated).