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Table 2 Percent distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of women with a birth in the last 2 years

From: Facility readiness and counseling during antenatal care and the relationship with early breastfeeding in Haiti and Malawi

 

Haitia

Malawi

Other urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Region (Haiti)

 Ouest

7.4

20.4

  

 Sud-Est

3.8

8.1

  

 Nord

22.1

10.6

  

 Nord-Est

10.3

3.9

  

 Artibonite

26.6

19.7

  

 Centre

10.0

10.4

  

 Sud

5.5

8.7

  

 Grand-Anse

6.3

6.2

  

 Nord-Ouest

6.5

7.8

  

 Nippes

1.5

4.3

  

Region (Malawi)

 Northern

  

9.6

11.4

 Central

  

40.6

42.7

 Southern

  

49.8

45.9

Wealth quintile

 Lowest and second

11.6

68.9

4.8

55.6

 Middle

28.5

21.0

6.0

21.9

 Fourth and highest

60.0

10.2

89.1

22.5

Education

 None or primary

36.5

67.6

46.3

85.1

 Secondary or higher

63.5

32.4

53.7

14.9

Employment

 Not employed

44.8

42.0

44.7

29.5

 Employed

55.2

58.0

55.3

70.5

Religion

 Christian

89.7

85.9

34.0

29.5

 Other

10.3

14.1

66.0

70.5

Exposure to mass media

 Less than once per week

66.6

69.1

43.1

69.9

 At least once per week

33.4

30.9

56.9

30.1

Currently married

 No

17.4

13.0

16.5

16.2

 Yes

82.6

87.0

83.5

83.8

Parity

 Primiparous

35.7

28.2

33.2

25.8

 Multiparous

64.3

71.8

66.8

74.2

Size of baby at birth

 Normal

55.3

50.1

46.5

46.9

 Small or very small

24.2

31.6

11.6

20.0

 Large or very large

20.5

18.3

41.9

33.1

Sex of child

 Male

50.4

50.0

48.5

50.3

 Female

49.6

50.0

51.5

49.7

Number of ANC visits

 One to three

16.2

36.0

44.2

52.9

 Four or more

83.8

64.0

55.8

47.1

Both SBA and facility delivery

 Neither or just one

48.4

73.9

4.5

10.1

 Both

51.6

26.1

95.5

89.9

Mother or baby postnatal check in the first hour

 No

64.7

79.5

61.1

62.3

 Yes

35.3

20.5

38.9

37.7

ANC facilities reporting breastfeeding counseling

 No data

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.2

 Low

40.4

35.7

31.9

54.6

 Medium

33.1

33.0

32.0

19.8

 High

26.5

31.3

36.0

23.3

Access to trained providers

 No data

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.8

 Low

37.3

32.4

34.9

35.1

 Medium

33.3

32.1

34.0

29.8

 High

29.4

35.4

31.1

32.2

Average facility breastfeeding counseling

 No data

12.4

4.6

1.5

14.9

 Low

63.6

67.6

66.9

67.7

 High

24.0

27.8

31.7

17.4

Number of clusters

92

284

171

675

Number of womenb

357

1278

772

5296

  1. ANC antenatal care, SBA skilled birth attendant, PNC postnatal care
  2. aExcludes urban women living in Port-au-Prince or rural women within 5 km of Port-au-Prince
  3. bIncludes women who had at least one ANC visit, who delivered vaginally, and whose baby survived past the day of birth