Table 2: Percent distribution of all live births and the distribution of their size at birth as perceived by mothers according to background characteristics, BDHS 2011.
Note: The number of missing values may vary for each variable. The percentages presented are valid percentages.
Factors | Total Births | Perceived Size at Birth | P-value |
| N | % | Small | ≥ Average | |
Total | 8588 | 100 | 17.2 | 82.7 | |
Mother’s age at birth of child | | | | | 0.005 |
< 20 | 1161 | 13.5 | 20.6 | 79.4 | |
20-29 | 5453 | 63.5 | 16.4 | 83.6 | |
30-34 | 1230 | 14.3 | 17.4 | 82.6 | |
35+ | 744 | 8.7 | 17.5 | 82.5 | |
Mean age (±SD) | 25.6 (±5.9) | | | | |
Mothers education | | | | | 0.000 |
No education | 1655 | 19.3 | 20.1 | 79.9 | |
Primary | 2634 | 30.7 | 18.1 | 81.9 | |
Secondary | 3633 | 42.3 | 16.6 | 83.4 | |
Higher | 666 | 7.8 | 11.0 | 89.0 | |
Employment status | | | | | 0.140 |
Not employed/house wife | 7739 | 90.1 | 17.4 | 82.6 | |
Employed | 849 | 9.9 | 15.9 | 84.1 | |
Birth order | | | | | 0.010 |
1 | 3095 | 36.1 | 18.2 | 81.8 | |
2-3 | 3943 | 45.9 | 16.0 | 84.0 | |
4+ | 1550 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 81.2 | |
Children gender | | | | | 0.000 |
Male | 4418 | 51.4 | 15.7 | 84.3 | |
Female | 4170 | 48.6 | 18.9 | 81.1 | |
Pregnancy was wanted | | | | | 0.090 |
Then | 6281 | 73.1 | 16.7 | 83.3 | |
Later | 1257 | 14.6 | 18.4 | 81.6 | |
No more | 1049 | 12.2 | 19.5 | 80.5 | |
Number of ANC visit | | | | | 0.000 |
0 | 2422 | 33.4 | 20.4 | 79.6 | |
1-3 | 2909 | 40.2 | 17.4 | 82.6 | |
4+ | 1914 | 26.4 | 13.2 | 86.8 | |
Preceding birth interval | | | | | 0.096 |
< 24 months | 688 | 12.5 | 18.6 | 81.4 | |
≥ 24 months | 4805 | 87.5 | 16.5 | 83.5 | |
Mother’s height | | | | | 0.008 |
< 145 cm | 1099 | 12.8 | 19.9 | 80.1 | |
≥145 cm | 7489 | 87.2 | 16.9 | 83.1 | |
Mother’s BMI | | | | | 0.002 |
<18.5 | 2319 | 27.0 | 19.5 | 80.5 | |
18.5-24.9 | 5037 | 58.7 | 16.8 | 83.2 | |
≥25.0 | 1232 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 84.7 | |
Any pregnancy complications | | | | | 0.307 |
Yes | 1570 | 32.6 | 16.2 | 83.8 | |
No | 3244 | 67.4 | 17.6 | 84.4 | |
Took iron during pregnancy | | | | | 0.541 |
Yes | 194 | 2.4 | 17.0 | 83.0 | |
No | 7984 | 97.6 | 17.2 | 83.0 | |
Father’s education | | | | | 0.000 |
No education | 2423 | 28.2 | 19.2 | 80.8 | |
Primary | 2520 | 29.4 | 18.0 | 82.0 | |
Secondary | 2494 | 29.1 | 16.8 | 83.2 | |
Higher | | | | | |
1145 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 87.2 | | |
Fathers occupation | | | | | 0.192 |
Professional/technical | 2137 | 24.9 | 15.9 | 84.1 | |
Business | 1909 | 22.2 | 17.7 | 82.3 | |
Factory worker/blue collar service | 1285 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 83.6 | |
Labour (skilled/unskilled) | 692 | 8.1 | 19.4 | 80.6 | |
Farmer/agricultural work | 2033 | 23.7 | 17.8 | 82.2 | |
Others | 532 | 6.2 | 19.2 | 80.8 | |
Region | | | | | 0.000 |
Barisal | 957 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 85.7 | |
Chittagong | 1713 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 79.6 | |
Dhaka | 1422 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 83.9 | |
Khulna | 963 | 11.2 | 15.6 | 84.4 | |
Rajshahi | 1057 | 12.3 | 15.7 | 84.3 | |
Rangpur | 1091 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 86.3 | |
Sylhet | 1385 | 16.1 | 21.9 | 78.1 | |
Place of residence | | | | | 0.032 |
Urban | 2621 | 30.5 | 16.1 | 83.9 | |
Rural | 5967 | 69.5 | 17.8 | 82.2 | |
Wealth index | | | | | 0.001 |
Poorest | 1908 | 22.2 | 19.8 | 80.2 | |
Poorer | 1669 | 19.4 | 18.6 | 81.4 | |
Middle | 1637 | 19.1 | 17.0 | 83.0 | |
Richer | 1681 | 19.6 | 15.9 | 84.1 | |
Richest | 1693 | 19.7 | 14.9 | 85.1 | |