Table 4

Demographic and socioeconomic status of women who gave birth in the 2 years preceding the survey by place of residence

Factors	Rural		Urban
Factors	n	Percent	n	Percent
Total	7103	78.1	1992	21.9
Women’s characteristics
Educational attainment
None or primary	2370	33.4	564	28.3
Secondary	3659	51.5	904	45.4
Above secondary	1074	15.1	524	26.3
Media exposure
None	2824	39.8	329	16.5
Less than once a week	364	5.1	64	3.2
At least once a week	597	8.4	148	7.5
Almost everyday	3318	46.7	1450	72.8
Age at childbirth
<18 years	453	6.4	115	5.8
18–22 years	2373	33.4	619	31.1
23–27 years	2002	28.2	635	31.9
28+ years	2275	32.0	622	31.3
ANC visit
None	1382	19.5	173	8.7
1–3	3445	48.5	733	36.8
4+	2276	32.0	1086	54.5
Women’s birth history
Death history of children born
Had no death	6385	89.9	1841	92.4
Had at least one death	718	10.1	151	7.6
Birth order
First	2377	33.5	768	38.6
Second	2407	33.9	698	35.1
Third or higher	2320	32.7	526	26.4
Sex of index child
Male	3705	52.2	1042	52.3
Female	3398	47.8	950	47.7
Partner characteristics
Age of husband
≤30 years	2711	38.2	751	37.7
>30 years	4392	61.8	1241	62.3
Household-level factors
Religion
Islam	6496	91.5	1849	92.8
Other	607	8.5	144	7.2
Sex of household head
Male	6614	93.1	1842	92.5
Female	489	6.9	150	7.5
Age of household head
≤30 years	1587	22.3	513	25.7
31–40 years	2402	33.8	722	36.3
41–50 years	1078	15.2	283	14.2
51–60 years	881	12.4	236	11.8
>60 years	1156	16.3	239	12.0
Education of household head
None or primary	4546	64.0	891	44.7
Secondary	1881	26.5	660	33.1
Above secondary	676	9.5	442	22.2
Wealth status
Poor	3393	47.8	249	12.5
Middle	1500	21.1	226	11.4
Rich	2210	31.1	1517	76.2
Institutional childbirth
No	3588	50.5	644	32.3
Yes	3515	49.5	1348	67.7