Survey Year | Pooled (n = 14,975) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 (n = 2899) | 2011 (n = 3870) | 2014 (n = 3829) | 2017 (n = 4377) | |||
DBM | Yes | 2.4 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
otherwise | 97.6 | 96.6 | 94.9 | 93.6 | 95.5 | |
Mode of Delivery | C-section | 10.9 | 18.2 | 24.6 | 33.9 | 23.0 |
Normal | 89.1 | 81.8 | 75.4 | 66.1 | 77.0 | |
Current Breastfeeding status | Yes | 88.7 | 88.7 | 87.7 | 87.1 | 88.0 |
No | 11.3 | 11.25 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 12.0 | |
Division | Barisal | 12.8 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 11.6 |
Chattogram | 20.2 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 16.3 | 18.7 | |
Dhaka | 22.0 | 16.2 | 18.0 | 25.9 | 20.6 | |
Khulna | 12.4 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 10.7 | 11.9 | |
Rajshahi | 17.6 | 25.7 | 25.4 | 22.6 | 23.1 | |
Sylhet | 15.0 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 14.1 | |
Place of Residence | Rural | 63.2 | 67.7 | 68.0 | 66.3 | 66.5 |
Urban | 36.8 | 32.3 | 32.0 | 33.7 | 33.5 | |
Wealth Index | Poor | 38.6 | 39.6 | 39.3 | 42.1 | 40.1 |
Middle | 18.5 | 19.4 | 19.6 | 18.3 | 18.9 | |
Rich | 42.9 | 41.0 | 41.2 | 39.7 | 41.0 | |
Media Exposure | Yes | 64.0 | 66.4 | 63.3 | 64.4 | 64.6 |
No | 36.0 | 33.6 | 36.7 | 35.6 | 35.4 | |
Mother’s Educational Level | No education | 23.1 | 15.9 | 13.1 | 6.3 | 13.8 |
Primary | 30.7 | 29.1 | 26.9 | 27.4 | 28.4 | |
Secondary | 36.8 | 46.2 | 48.5 | 48.3 | 45.6 | |
Higher | 9.3 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 18.0 | 12.3 | |
Father’s Educational Level | No education | 48.8 | 41.9 | 38.3 | 32.8 | 39.7 |
Primary | 31.0 | 37.2 | 38.7 | 42.6 | 38.0 | |
Secondary | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 6.5 | |
Higher | 13.8 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 19.0 | 15.9 | |
Mother’s Working Status | Yes | 21.4 | 7.9 | 21.5 | 37.5 | 22.6 |
No | 78.6 | 92.1 | 78.5 | 62.5 | 77.4 | |
Mother’s Decision-making Capacity | Yes | 78.6 | 73.1 | 73.1 | 84.9 | 77.6 |
No | 21.4 | 26.9 | 26.9 | 15.1 | 22.4 | |
Attitude towards Violence | Yes | 32.3 | 32.2 | 27.9 | 17.8 | 26.9 |
No | 67.7 | 67.8 | 72.1 | 82.2 | 73.1 | |
Mother’s Age | 15 to 24 | 54.7 | 55.9 | 54.7 | 52.7 | 54.5 |
Greater than 24 | 45.3 | 44.1 | 45.3 | 47.3 | 45.5 | |
Received ANC | Yes | 65.2 | 70.5 | 79.4 | 92.1 | 78.1 |
No | 34.8 | 29.5 | 20.6 | 7.9 | 21.9 | |
Wanted Child | Yes | 69.1 | 70.8 | 74.5 | 78.3 | 73.6 |
No | 30.9 | 29.2 | 25.5 | 21.7 | 26.4 | |
Initiation of Breastfeeding | Within 1 Hour | 56.3 | 52.4 | 48.8 | 39.3 | 51.6 |
After 1 Hour | 43.7 | 47.6 | 51.2 | 60.7 | 48.4 | |
Child’s Sex | Female | 49.9 | 49.4 | 48.1 | 47.3 | 48.5 |
Male | 50.1 | 50.6 | 51.9 | 52.7 | 51.5 | |
Birth Order | First Birth | 32.7 | 36.5 | 40.1 | 37.2 | 36.9 |
Otherwise | 67.3 | 63.5 | 59.9 | 62.8 | 63.1 | |
Child’s Age | < 18 | 55.5 | 57.9 | 55.9 | 58.4 | 57.1 |
18 + | 44.5 | 42.1 | 44.1 | 41.6 | 42.9 | |
Vitamin A Consumption | Yes | 64.7 | 49.4 | 55.7 | 68.9 | 59.7 |
No | 35.3 | 50.6 | 44.3 | 31.1 | 40.3 |