Table 1.
Child size at birth | ||||
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Small | Medium | Large | ||
Count (%) | Count (%) | Count (%) | ||
Place of residence | Urban | 88 (9.8%) | 224 (25.0%) | 124 (13.8%) |
Rural | 182 (20.3%) | 174 (19.4%) | 105 (11.7%) | |
Mother’s level of education | Uneducated | 122 (13.6%) | 109 (12.2%) | 84 (9.4%) |
Primary | 109 (12.2%) | 126 (14.1%) | 74 (8.3%) | |
Secondary and above | 39 (4.4%) | 162 (18.1%) | 69 (7.7%) | |
Birth order of the child | 1 | 83 (9.3%) | 98 (10.9%) | 46 (5.1%) |
2 | 57 (6.4%) | 116 (13.0%) | 62 (6.9%) | |
3 and above | 130 (14.5%) | 184 (20.6%) | 119 (13.3%) | |
Sex of child | Male | 144 (16.1%) | 190 (21.3%) | 121 (13.5%) |
Female | 125 (14.0%) | 205 (23.0%) | 108 (12.1%) | |
Abortion history of mother | Yes | 44 (4.9%) | 45 (5.0%) | 27 (3.0%) |
No | 225 (25.1%) | 353 (39.4%) | 202 (22.5%) | |
Family size | 4 and below | 154 (17.2%) | 216 (24.1%) | 126 (14.0%) |
Above 4 | 116 (12.9%) | 182 (20.3%) | 103 (11.5%) | |
Frequency of ANC | Not at all | 58 (11.4%) | 16 (1.8%) | 23 (2.6%) |
One times | 22 (2.5%) | 10 (1.1%) | 7 (0.8%) | |
2–3 times | 88 (9.8%) | 109 (12.2%) | 47 (5.2%) | |
4 and above | 102 (6.5%) | 262 (29.2%) | 152 (17.0%) | |
Use of contraceptive | Yes | 152 (17.0%) | 272 (30.4%) | 153 (17.1%) |
NO | 117 (13.1%) | 126 (14.1%) | 76 (8.5%) | |
Source of drinking water | River | 16 (1.8%) | 13 (1.5%) | 10 (1.1%) |
Spring | 119 (13.3%) | 25 (2.8%) | 30 (3.3%) | |
Piped water | 66 (7.4%) | 341 (38.1%) | 172 (19.2%) | |
Hole | 68 (7.6%) | 19 (2.1%) | 17 (1.9%) | |
Vaccination during pregnancy | Vaccinated | 145 (16.2%) | 363 (40.5%) | 183 (20.4%) |
Not vaccinated | 124 (13.8%) | 35 (3.9%) | 46 (5.1%) | |
Frequency of listening to radio | Not at all | 128 (14.3%) | 166 (18.5%) | 105 (11.7%) |
Once a week | 41 (4.6%) | 52 (5.8%) | 34 (3.8%) | |
More than once in a week | 36 (4.0%) | 66 (7.4%) | 27 (3.0%) | |
Always | 65 (7.2%) | 114 (12.7%) | 63 (7.0%) | |
Frequency of watching TV | Not at all | 184 (20.5%) | 134 (14.9%) | 113 (12.6%) |
Once a week | 18 (2.0%) | 39 (4.3%) | 13 (1.4%) | |
More than once in a week | 13 (1.4%) | 42 (4.7%) | 15 (1.7%) | |
Always | 55 (6.1%) | 183 (20.4%) | 88 (9.8%) | |
Income of respondent | Low | 148 (16.6%) | 137 (15.3%) | 86 (9.6%) |
Medium | 103 (11.5%) | 196 (21.9%) | 92 (10.3%) | |
High | 19 (2.1%) | 62 (6.9%) | 51 (5.7%) | |
Economic source of fam | Farm | 209 (23.3%) | 246 (27.4%) | 139 (15.5%) |
Employment | 17 (1.9%) | 94 (10.5%) | 46 (5.1%) | |
Commerce | 44 (4.9%) | 58 (6.5%) | 44 (4.9%) | |
Previous birth interval of child | First birth | 78 (8.7%) | 95 (10.6%) | 48 (5.4%) |
Less than 3 years | 133 (14.8%) | 177 (19.7%) | 107 (11.9%) | |
3 years and above | 59 (6.6%) | 126 (14.0%) | 74 (8.2%) | |
Malaria history of mother | Not affected | 93 (10.4%) | 308 (34.4%) | 156 (17.4%) |
Affected | 176 (19.6%) | 90 (10.0%) | 73 (8.1%) | |
Age of mother at birth | Bellow 16 years | 177 (19.7%) | 36 (4.0%) | 36 (4.0%) |
16–20 years | 62 (6.9%) | 202 (22.5%) | 100 (11.1%) | |
21 years and above | 31 (3.5%) | 160 (17.8%) | 93 (10.4%) |