Characteristic | n | % |
---|---|---|
Individual level factors | Â | Â |
Parental factor | Â | Â |
Maternal working status | Â | Â |
 Non-working | 984 | 13.4 |
 Working (past 12 months) | 6340 | 86.6 |
Maternal education | Â | Â |
 No education | 1887 | 25.8 |
 Primary | 4982 | 68.0 |
 Secondary and above | 456 | 6.2 |
Partner's occupation | Â | Â |
 Non agriculture | 2168 | 29.6 |
 Agriculture | 4759 | 65.0 |
 Not working | 398 | 5.4 |
Partner's education (n = 6932) |  |  |
 No education | 1266 | 18.3 |
 Primary | 5090 | 73.4 |
 Secondary and above | 576 | 8.3 |
Mother's age | Â | Â |
 15–24 years | 2188 | 29.9 |
 25–34 years | 3310 | 45.2 |
 35-49 years | 1826 | 24.9 |
Mother's age at birth | Â | Â |
 < 19 years | 1091 | 14.9 |
 20–29 years | 3805 | 52.0 |
 30–39 years | 2141 | 29.2 |
 40 and above | 288 | 3.9 |
Marital status | Â | Â |
 Currently married | 6260 | 85.5 |
 Formerly married (div/sep/widow) | 701 | 9.6 |
 Never married | 363 | 5.0 |
Birth order | Â | Â |
 First-born | 1439 | 19.6 |
 2nd -4th | 3546 | 48.4 |
 5 or more | 2339 | 31.9 |
Preceding birth interval | Â | Â |
 No previous birth | 1439 | 19.7 |
 < 24 months | 895 | 12.2 |
 > 24 months | 4979 | 68.1 |
Place of delivery | Â | Â |
 Home | 3684 | 50.3 |
 Health facility | 3640 | 49.7 |
Mode of delivery (n = 7301) |  |  |
 Non-caesarean | 6987 | 95.7 |
 Caesarean | 314 | 4.3 |
Type of delivery assistance (n = 7193) |  |  |
 Health professional | 3567 | 49.6 |
 Traditional birth attendant | 976 | 13.6 |
 Relatives and other untrained personnel | 2388 | 33.2 |
 No one | 262 | 3.6 |
Antenatal clinic visits (n = 5134) |  |  |
 None | 98 | 1.9 |
 1–3. | 2839 | 55.3 |
 4+ | 2198 | 42.8 |
Timing of postnatal check-up (n = 7235) |  |  |
 No check-ups (including missing) | 5536 | 76.5 |
 0–2 days | 814 | 11.2 |
 3–6 days | 327 | 4.5 |
 7 + days | 559 | 7.7 |
Maternal BMI (n = 7240) |  |  |
 <= 18.5 (kg/m2) | 668 | 9.2 |
 > 18.5 (kg/m2) | 6572 | 90.8 |
Child breastfeeding (BF) status | Â | Â |
 Exclusive BF | 840 | 11.5 |
 BF + water | 177 | 2.4 |
 BF + supplementsa | 3499 | 47.8 |
 No BF | 2809 | 38.4 |
Mother is literate (n = 7257) |  |  |
 No | 3024 | 41.7 |
 Yes | 4233 | 58.3 |
Mother read newspaper (n = 7317) |  |  |
 No | 6418 | 87.7 |
 Yes | 900 | 12.3 |
Mother listened to the radio (n = 7322) |  |  |
 No | 3537 | 48.3 |
 Yes | 3785 | 51.7 |
Mother watched TV | Â | Â |
 No | 6342 | 86.6 |
 Yes | 982 | 13.4 |
Child level factors | Â | Â |
Sex of baby | Â | Â |
 Male | 3647 | 49.8 |
 Female | 3678 | 50.2 |
Size of baby | Â | Â |
 Small | 562 | 7.9 |
 Average | 4992 | 70.6 |
 Large | 1522 | 21.5 |
Child had diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks (n = 7308) |  |  |
 No | 6207 | 84.9 |
 Yes | 1101 | 15.1 |
Child had fever in last two weeks (n = 7303) |  |  |
 No | 5560 | 76.1 |
 Yes | 1743 | 23.9 |
Household level factors | Â | Â |
Wealth Index | Â | Â |
 Poorest | 1566 | 21.4 |
 Poorer | 1747 | 23.9 |
 Middle | 1647 | 22.5 |
 Rich | 1369 | 18.7 |
 Richest | 996 | 13.6 |
Source of drinking water | Â | Â |
 Protected | 3088 | 42.2 |
 Unprotected | 4237 | 57.8 |
Community level factors | Â | Â |
Type of residence | Â | Â |
 Urban | 1442 | 19.7 |
 Rural | 5883 | 80.3 |
Geographic Zones | Â | Â |
 Northern | 956 | 13.1 |
 Eastern | 849 | 11.6 |
 Western | 1547 | 21.1 |
 Southern Highlands | 1016 | 13.9 |
 Lake | 1487 | 20.3 |
 Southern | 567 | 7.7 |
 Central | 708 | 9.7 |
 Zanzibar | 196 | 2.7 |