Table 2.

Socio-demographic, geographic and household characteristics of under-five children included in Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey, 2015–2016 (N = 4597)

Characteristics	Unweighted count	Weighted  %
Total	N = 4597	(%)	(95% CI)
Age of the child (in months)
< 12	940	(19.6)	(18.3–21.0)
12–35	1815	(39.8)	(38.3–41.4)
36–59	1842	(40.4)	(38.8–42.0)
Sex of the child
Male	2402	(52.0)	(50.0–53.8)
Female	2195	(48.0)	(46.1–49.9)
Age of the caregiver (in years)
15–24	865	(19.0)	(17.4–20.8)
25–34	2368	(52.1)	(50.0–54.1)
≥ 35	1364	(28.7)	(27.0–30.5)
Education of the caregiver
No formal education	802	(17.8)	(15.1–20.7)
Primary	2034	(45.8)	(43.2–48.4)
Secondary	1440	(28.6)	(26.4–31.0)
More than secondary	321	(7.6)	(6.5–8.9)
Father’s education
No education	792	(17.7)	(15.2–20.5)
Primary	1797	(40.4)	(38.0–42.9)
Secondary	1664	(34.3)	(31.9–36.9)
More than secondary	253	(5.5)	(4.7–6.9)
Don’t know	89	(1.7)	(1.2–2.2)
Occupation of the caregiver
Working	2425	(55.7)	(53.1–58.3)
Not-working	2170	(44.2)	(41.6–46.8)
Father’s occupation
Manual worker	2599	(57.5)	(54.2–60.7)
Agricultural	1280	(26.3)	(23.0–29.9)
Others	718	(16.1)	(14.1–18.4)
No of household members
1–3	450	(11.0)	(9.7–12.5)
4–6	2606	(58.7)	(56.4–60.9)
7–10	1335	(26.4)	(24.4–28.4)
More than 10	206	(3.8)	(2.9–4.9)
Wealth index
Lowest	1383	(29.5)	(26.7–32.5)
Second	1043	(22.1)	(20.3–24.0)
Middle	826	(16.8)	(15.2–18.6)
Fourth	775	(17.0)	(15.2–19.0)
Highest	570	(14.4)	(12.5–16.5)
Region
Malaria elimination regions	1497	(42.0)	(39.5–44.6)
Other regions	3100	(57.9)	(55.3–60.4)
Geographical location
Hilly	1810	(23.3)	(21.2–25.6)
Coastal	895	(13.6)	(11.9–15.4)
Delta	810	(32.3)	(29.8–34.8)
Central plains	1082	(30.6)	(28.3–33.1)
Place of residence
Urban	980	(22.5)	(20.5–24.7)
Rural	3617	(77.4)	(75.3–79.4)

Figures given in parentheses are weighted percentages

CI Confidence intervals