Table 1.
Variable | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Age of mother | 15–24 | 2414 | 24.1 |
25–29 | 2978 | 29.8 | |
30–34 | 2238 | 22.4 | |
35–49 | 2376 | 23.7 | |
Marital status | Never married | 59 | 0.6 |
Married | 9518 | 95.1 | |
Widowed | 125 | 1.2 | |
Divorced | 304 | 3.0 | |
Highest education of mother | No education | 6387 | 63.8 |
Primary | 2538 | 25.4 | |
Secondary | 697 | 7.0 | |
Higher | 384 | 3.8 | |
Father’s educational level | No education | 4604 | 48.9 |
Primary | 3034 | 32.2 | |
Secondary | 972 | 10.3 | |
Higher | 734 | 7.8 | |
Do not know | 73 | 0.8 | |
Religion | Muslim | 5068 | 50.6 |
Orthodox | 2944 | 29.4 | |
Protestant | 1761 | 17.6 | |
Catholic | 61 | 0.6 | |
Traditional | 96 | 1.0 | |
Other | 76 | 0.8 | |
Place of residence | Urban | 1907 | 19.1 |
Rural | 8099 | 80.9 | |
Number of children under five | At most one | 3677 | 36.7 |
Two | 4375 | 43.7 | |
Three and above | 1954 | 19.5 | |
Wealth index | Poorest | 3706 | 37.0 |
Poorer | 1670 | 16.7 | |
Middle | 1386 | 13.9 | |
Richer | 1227 | 12.3 | |
Richest | 2017 | 20.2 | |
Cooking fuel (n=9884) | Electricity and gas | 518 | 5.2 |
Kerosene | 37 | 0.4 | |
Charcoal | 896 | 9.1 | |
Wood, straw | 8111 | 82.1 | |
Animal dung | 319 | 3.2 | |
Others | 3 | 0.0 | |
Type of toilet facility | No facility | 4355 | 44.1 |
Not improved | 3781 | 38.3 | |
Improved | 1748 | 17.7 | |
Water source | Unimproved | 3912 | 39.6 |
Improved | 5972 | 60.4 | |
Smoke cigarettes | No | 9913 | 99.1 |
Yes | 93 | 0.9 | |
Media exposure | No | 7964 | 79.6 |
Yes | 1960 | 20.4 | |
Radio | No | 8810 | 88.0 |
Yes | 1196 | 12.0 | |
Magazine | No | 9827 | 98.2 |
Yes | 179 | 1.8 | |
TV | No | 8705 | 87.0 |
Yes | 1301 | 13.0 |