Socio-economic risk factors for early childhood underweight in Bangladesh

Table 1 Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the study population

	Total sample
	(n = 17133)
Characteristics	Proportion (%)
Household member
<=3	14.29
4–6	63.64
> = 7	22.06
Age (months)
0–5	10.93
6–11	10.80
12–23	21.88
24–35	20.60
36–47	18.75
48–59	17.04
Gender
Male	51.67
Female	48.33
Area
Urban	15.87
Rural	84.13
Division
Dhaka	25.36
Barisal	9.64
Chittagong	19.53
Khulna	13.96
Rajshahi	10.28
Rangpur	13.01
Sylhet	8.21
Education of mother
None	24.10
Primary incomplete	14.55
Primary complete	15.39
Secondary incomplete	34.59
Secondary complete or higher	11.37
Education of father
None	34.79
Primary incomplete	15.73
Primary complete	13.75
Secondary incomplete	20.35
Secondary complete or higher	15.38
Wealth index quintile
Poorest	29.06
Second	21.86
Middle	18.69
Fourth	16.52
Richest	13.87
Child drank plain water yesterday
Yes	85.46
No	14.54
Child drank milk yesterday
Yes	23.44
No	76.56
Child ate vitamins yesterday
Yes	9.06
No	90.94
Toilet facility
Flush latrine	23.94
Pit latrine	62.34
Hanging latrine	7.78
Others	5.93
Salt idolization test
Not iodized 0 PPM	27.15
More than 0 PPM and less than 15 PPM	20.49
15 PPM or more	51.43
No salt in the household	0.92
Child underweight status
Underweight	31.67
Severely underweight	8.81

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