Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics, for children under 2 years
Households | 3578 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Home ownership | Socio-economic status | ||||
Own home | 1877 | 52 | Poorest | 911 | 25 |
Rented home | 1701 | 48 | Quartile 2 | 881 | 25 |
Housing construction | Quartile 3 | 950 | 27 | ||
Robust (pucca) | 2623 | 73 | Least poor | 836 | 23 |
Temporary (kaccha) | 955 | 27 | Religion | ||
Drinking water source | Muslim | 2997 | 84 | ||
Public/community tapstand | 2777 | 78 | Hindu | 575 | 16 |
Water tap at home | 801 | 22 | Other | 6 | <1 |
Toilet facility | |||||
Public/shared | 2974 | 83 | |||
Private | 604 | 17 | |||
Mother | Father | ||||
Age (years) | Age (years) | ||||
15–19 | 68 | 2 | ≤ 24 | 237 | 6 |
20–24 | 1194 | 33 | 25–29 | 1142 | 32 |
25–29 | 1360 | 38 | 30–34 | 1094 | 31 |
30+ | 956 | 27 | 35+ | 1047 | 29 |
Education | Missing | 58 | 2 | ||
No formal schooling | 977 | 27 | Education | ||
Primary | 171 | 5 | No formal schooling | 761 | 21 |
Secondary | 2101 | 59 | Primary | 167 | 5 |
Higher | 329 | 9 | Secondary | 2244 | 63 |
Occupation | Higher | 345 | 9 | ||
Employed | 149 | 4 | Missing | 61 | 2 |
Not employed | 3429 | 96 | Occupation | ||
Parity | Skilled job | 2128 | 59 | ||
1 or 2 children | 1930 | 54 | Unskilled job | 1333 | 37 |
3 or more children | 1648 | 46 | Not employed | 59 | 2 |
Marital status | Missing | 58 | 2 | ||
Married/cohabitating | 3520 | 98 | |||
Widowed/divorced/separated | 58 | 2 | |||