EXPLANATORY VARIABLES | SUMMARY | |
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 | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE (%) |
Maternal factors | Â | Â |
Maternal education | Â | Â |
No education | 1,4418 | 50.3 |
Primary | 6,552 | 22.9 |
Secondary or higher | 7,677 | 26.8 |
Maternal occupation | Â | Â |
Not working | 9,035 | 31.7 |
Business or cleric | 9,985 | 35.1 |
Manual | 9,470 | 33.2 |
Parity | Â | Â |
1 | 3,061 | 10.7 |
2, 3 and 4 | 13,759 | 48.0 |
≥ 5 | 11,827 | 41.3 |
Marital status | Â | Â |
Never married | 506 | 1.8 |
Currently married | 27,378 | 95.6 |
Formerly married | 762 | 2.7 |
Maternal age | Â | Â |
≤ 20 years | 3,319 | 11.6 |
21-25 years | 6,787 | 23.7 |
26-30 years | 8,157 | 28.5 |
31-35 years | 5,043 | 17.6 |
> 35 years | 5,341 | 18.6 |
Maternal age at first marriage | Â | Â |
< 15 years | 7,967 | 28.3 |
15-19 years | 12,706 | 45.2 |
20-24 years | 5,243 | 18.6 |
≥ 25 years | 2,225 | 7.9 |
Family planning | Â | Â |
No method | 24,952 | 87.1 |
Folkloric/traditional | 1,072 | 3.7 |
Modern | 2,647 | 9.2 |
Preceding birth interval | Â | Â |
< 18 months | 1,719 | 7.4 |
18-36 months | 12,634 | 54.3 |
> 36 months | 8,902 | 38.3 |
Breastfeeding | Â | Â |
< 6 months | 4,722 | 17.5 |
6-12 months | 6,266 | 23.2 |
> 12-18 months | 8,629 | 32.0 |
> 18 months | 7,351 | 27.3 |
Health seeking behaviour | Â | Â |
Very low | 6,860 | 25.7 |
Low | 8,862 | 23.3 |
Average | 5,704 | 21.4 |
Good | 5,224 | 19.6 |
Child factors | Â | Â |
Sex | Â | Â |
Male | 14,604 | 51.0 |
Female | 14,043 | 49.0 |
Birth order | Â | Â |
1, | 5, 353 | 18.7 |
2, 3 or 4 | 13,069 | 45.6 |
≥ 5 | 10,225 | 35.7 |
Birth weight | Â | Â |
Large | 13,012 | 46.5 |
Average | 10,732 | 38.4 |
Small | 4,239 | 15.1 |
Household factors | Â | Â |
Family size | Â | Â |
1-5 | 11,557 | 40.3 |
> 5 | 17,090 | 59.7 |
Sanitation | Â | Â |
Good toilet | 2,955 | 10.5 |
Bad toilet | 25,136 | 89.5 |
Fuel sources | Â | Â |
Gas | 250 | 0.9 |
Kerosene | 3,606 | 12.7 |
Other | 24,518 | 86.4 |
No of wives | Â | Â |
One wife | 18,063 | 66.4 |
Two or more wives | 9,128 | 33.6 |
Wealth index | Â | Â |
Poor | 14,475 | 50.5 |
Middle | 5,609 | 19.6 |
Rich | 8,563 | 29.9 |
Water source | Â | Â |
Safe water | 13,021 | 46.3 |
Unsafe water | 15,122 | 53.7 |
Paternal age | Â | Â |
< 22 years | 264 | 1.0 |
22-30 years | 5,453 | 20.3 |
> 30-40 years | 10,854 | 40.4 |
> 40-50 years > 50 years | 7,011 | 26.0 |
 | 3,277 | 12.2 |
Paternal occupation | Â | Â |
Business or cleric | 7,815 | 28.1 |
Farming | 12,645 | 45.5 |
Manual | 7,312 | 26.3 |
Others factors | Â | Â |
Residence | Â | Â |
Rural | 21,034 | 73.4 |
Urban | 7,613 | 26.6 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â |
Major | 16,838 | 59.1 |
Minor | 11,643 | 40.9 |
Region | Â | Â |
North central | 5,046 | 17.6 |
North east | 6,559 | 22.9 |
North west | 7,947 | 27.7 |
South east | 2,450 | 8.6 |
South west | 3,327 | 11.6 |
South south | 3,318 | 11.6 |