Table 1 Respondents’ characteristics
2000 | 2006–2007 | 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Age, years | ||||||
15–19 | 189 | 11.4 | 252 | 11.5 | 222 | 10.8 |
20–34 | 1124 | 69.0 | 1508 | 71.6 | 1436 | 71.0 |
35–49 | 297 | 19.6 | 355 | 16.9 | 381 | 18.2 |
Residence | ||||||
Urban | 604 | 33.2 | 783 | 40.3 | 910 | 47.6 |
Rural | 1006 | 66.8 | 1332 | 59.7 | 1129 | 52.4 |
Marital status | ||||||
Never married | 664 | 44.4 | 944 | 44.9 | 1021 | 51.3 |
Married/cohabiting | 841 | 49.9 | 1080 | 50.6 | 931 | 44.8 |
Divorced/separated/widow | 105 | 5.7 | 90 | 4.6 | 87 | 3.9 |
Education | ||||||
No education | 268 | 13.3 | 250 | 10.7 | 155 | 5.5 |
Primary | 555 | 35.2 | 626 | 27.9 | 470 | 22.0 |
Secondary | 751 | 49.1 | 1164 | 57.1 | 1327 | 66.7 |
Higher education | 36 | 2.4 | 75 | 4.3 | 87 | 5.7 |
Occupation | ||||||
Not working | 1034 | 66.2 | 1052 | 49.2 | 1203 | 57.1 |
Agriculture | 66 | 5.8 | 269 | 12.6 | 36 | 1.4 |
Paid work | 503 | 28.1 | 778 | 38.2 | 798 | 41.4 |
Wealth, quintiles | ||||||
Poorest | 340 | 23.8 | 422 | 19.8 | 410 | 21.3 |
Poorer | 298 | 21.9 | 451 | 20.8 | 410 | 20.3 |
Average | 317 | 19.5 | 392 | 19.1 | 397 | 19.1 |
Richer | 318 | 17.3 | 417 | 21.1 | 408 | 18.7 |
Richest | 316 | 17.5 | 418 | 19.3 | 403 | 20.6 |
ANC attendance, visits | ||||||
0 | 113 | 6.1 | 86 | 3.9 | 82 | 3.2 |
1–3 | 285 | 18.3 | 378 | 17.7 | 279 | 13.1 |
≥ 4 | 1031 | 68.2 | 1451 | 71.3 | 1237 | 62.5 |
Do not remember | 138 | 7.3 | 140 | 7.1 | 390 | 21.3 |
Place of delivery | ||||||
Health facility | 1211 | 76.9 | 1704 | 81.9 | 1761 | 88.5 |
Home/others | 393 | 23.1 | 410 | 18.1 | 277 | 11.5 |
Delivery mode | ||||||
Vaginal | – | – | 1891 | 87.8 | 1741 | 84.4 |
Caesarean | – | – | 220 | 12.2 | 295 | 15.6 |
Parity | ||||||
1 | 470 | 29.9 | 666 | 32.0 | 625 | 31.7 |
2–3 | 630 | 38.3 | 904 | 43.0 | 860 | 42.7 |
4+ | 510 | 31.9 | 545 | 25.0 | 554 | 25.6 |
Assistance during labour | ||||||
Health professional | 1396 | 90.0 | 1944 | 94.5 | 1896 | 96.2 |
TBAs | 32 | 2.2 | 28 | 1.3 | 15 | 0.5 |
Relatives/self | 136 | 7.8 | 94 | 4.2 | 84 | 3.3 |
Birth order | ||||||
1 | 482 | 30.4 | 683 | 32.6 | 643 | 32.5 |
2–3 | 622 | 38.0 | 890 | 42.5 | 845 | 42.1 |
4+ | 506 | 31.6 | 542 | 24.9 | 551 | 25.5 |
Baby’s sex | ||||||
Male | 807 | 50.7 | 1104 | 52.1 | 990 | 48.3 |
Female | 803 | 49.3 | 1011 | 47.9 | 1049 | 51.7 |
Baby’s birth size | ||||||
Large | 464 | 30.4 | 739 | 35.7 | 779 | 38.6 |
Average | 844 | 53.1 | 1033 | 48.5 | 886 | 43.3 |
Small | 291 | 16.5 | 337 | 15.7 | 392 | 18.1 |