Table 1 Absolute (N) and percentage (%) distribution of children under five years by child-level, parent-related, household-level and community-level characteristics
Characteristics | Total population | |
|---|---|---|
N | % | |
Age of child (in years) | ||
Four | 1,694 | 20.2 |
Three | 1,587 | 18.9 |
Two | 1,655 | 19.7 |
One | 1,666 | 19.8 |
Less than one year | 1,796 | 21.4 |
Gender of child | ||
Female | 4,027 | 48.0 |
Male | 4,371 | 52.0 |
Number of children under mother | ||
One | 6,299 | 75.0 |
Two | 1,963 | 23.4 |
Three or more | 136 | 1.6 |
Mother’s level of education | ||
Secondary and above | 5,371 | 64.0 |
Upto primary | 2,420 | 28.8 |
No formal education | 607 | 7.2 |
Father’s level of education | ||
Secondary and above | 4,356 | 51.9 |
Upto primary | 2,811 | 33.5 |
No formal education | 1,231 | 14.7 |
Household sanitation condition | ||
Poor | 931 | 11.1 |
Average | 3,061 | 36.4 |
Good | 4,406 | 52.5 |
Water treated before drinking | ||
Yes | 926 | 11.0 |
No | 7,472 | 89.0 |
Type of handwashing place | ||
Private space | 2,726 | 32.5 |
Public space | 5,374 | 64.0 |
No handwashing place | 298 | 3.5 |
Shares Toilet with other households | ||
Not shared | 5,624 | 67.0 |
Shared by two HH | 1,311 | 15.6 |
Shared by three HH | 690 | 8.2 |
Shared by four and more HH | 773 | 9.2 |
Household wealth quintile | ||
Richest | 1,641 | 19.5 |
Rich | 1,646 | 19.6 |
Middle | 1,438 | 17.1 |
Poor | 1,400 | 16.7 |
Poorest | 2,273 | 27.1 |
Religion of household | ||
Islam | 7,694 | 91.6 |
Hinduism | 655 | 7.8 |
Others | 49 | 0.6 |
Type of season | ||
Summer | 662 | 7.9 |
Winter | 7,233 | 86.1 |
Monsoon | 503 | 6.0 |
Type of community | ||
City corporation | 776 | 9.2 |
Other urban areas | 2,152 | 25.6 |
Rural areas | 5,470 | 65.1 |
Altitude level of community | ||
Low | 3,336 | 39.7 |
Medium | 2,454 | 29.2 |
High | 2,608 | 31.1 |
Socioeconomic status of community | ||
Low | 2,963 | 35.3 |
Medium | 2,931 | 34.9 |
High | 2,504 | 29.8 |
Level of maternal education in community | ||
Low | 2,800 | 33.3 |
Medium | 2,819 | 33.6 |
High | 2,779 | 33.1 |
Administrative division of community | ||
Dhaka | 1,246 | 14.8 |
Chittagong | 1,393 | 16.6 |
Barisal | 863 | 10.3 |
Khulna | 872 | 10.4 |
Mymensingh | 991 | 11.8 |
Rajshahi | 874 | 10.4 |
Rangpur | 934 | 11.1 |
Sylhet | 1,225 | 14.6 |
Overall | 8,398 | 100 |