Table 2

Weighted frequency and distribution of first-born children within 5 years of the survey aged 12–60 months across age of mother at birth and other covariates

	Infant mortality		Stunting		Underweight		Wasting		Diarrhoea		Moderate anaemia
	n=176 583		n=119 018		n=122 680		n=120 246		n=135 121		n=31 520
	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction
Age band in years of the mother at first birth
12–14	4497	0.026	2301	0.020	2443	0.020	2379	0.020	2851	0.021	514	0.016
15–17	42 233	0.239	25 882	0.219	26 839	0.220	26 335	0.220	30 011	0.222	6531	0.203
18–20	62 091	0.352	41 492	0.351	42 868	0.352	42 054	0.352	47 425	0.351	11 753	0.366
21–23	37 757	0.214	26 427	0.224	27 127	0.223	26 594	0.223	29 927	0.222	7563	0.236
24–26	17 383	0.099	12 669	0.107	12 936	0.106	12 690	0.106	14 258	0.106	3355	0.105
27–29	7648	0.043	5722	0.048	5883	0.048	5771	0.048	6480	0.048	1481	0.046
30–32	3377	0.019	2566	0.022	2616	0.022	2547	0.021	2884	0.021	650	0.020
33–35	1399	0.008	1075	0.009	1085	0.009	1075	0.009	1203	0.009	249	0.008
Sex of child
Male	90 302	0.512	59 709	0.505	61 867	0.508	60 577	0.507	68 501	0.507	16 438	0.512
Female	86 083	0.488	58 424	0.495	59 929	0.492	58 867	0.493	66 539	0.493	15 658	0.488
Type of birth
Singleton	174 947	0.992	117 235	0.992	120 853	0.992	118 515	0.992	134 004	0.992	31 850	0.992
Twin	1438	0.008	898	0.008	944	0.008	930	0.008	1036	0.008	247	0.008
Age of child in months
48–60	44 542	0.253	24 472	0.207	24 780	0.203	24 353	0.204	27 013	0.200	7552	0.235
36–47	42 793	0.243	26 908	0.228	27 694	0.227	27 210	0.228	31 330	0.232	7867	0.245
24–35	43 082	0.244	31 485	0.267	32 603	0.268	31 950	0.267	36 595	0.271	7961	0.248
12–23	45 968	0.261	35 268	0.299	36 718	0.301	35 932	0.301	40 101	0.297	8717	0.272
Educational level of the mother at time of interview
Secondary or higher	36 152	0.205	27 729	0.235	28 308	0.232	27 757	0.232	31 177	0.231	6562	0.204
Completed primary	57 645	0.327	40 543	0.343	41 341	0.339	40 673	0.341	45 720	0.339	12 739	0.397
No education or incomplete primary	82 589	0.468	49 862	0.422	52 147	0.428	51 015	0.427	58 142	0.431	12 796	0.399
Mother has a partner
Yes	163 858	0.929	109 350	0.926	112 890	0.927	110 666	0.927	125 468	0.929	30 192	0.941
No	12 527	0.071	8784	0.074	8906	0.073	8779	0.074	9572	0.071	1904	0.059
Educational level of the mother's partner at the time of interview
Completed secondary or higher	54 943	0.311	39 434	0.334	40 422	0.332	39 640	0.332	44 409	0.329	8891	0.277
Completed primary	56 655	0.321	38 884	0.329	39 920	0.328	39 216	0.328	44 217	0.327	12 180	0.379
No education or incomplete primary	64 787	0.367	39 815	0.337	41 455	0.340	40 589	0.340	46 414	0.344	11 025	0.344
Age band in years of the mother's partner at the mother's first birth
12–17	2104	0.012	1224	0.010	1236	0.010	1211	0.010	1409	0.010	373	0.012
18–23	40 271	0.228	27 180	0.230	28 018	0.230	27 483	0.230	30 594	0.227	9132	0.285
24–29	101 722	0.577	66 806	0.566	68 828	0.565	67 569	0.566	77 555	0.574	15 792	0.492
30–35	22 072	0.125	15 954	0.135	16 483	0.135	16 125	0.135	17 661	0.131	4797	0.149
36–41	6768	0.038	4685	0.040	4846	0.040	4724	0.040	5266	0.039	1342	0.042
42–59	3448	0.020	2284	0.019	2385	0.020	2332	0.020	2555	0.019	660	0.021
Wealth quintile of the child's household
Richest	36 825	0.209	24 886	0.211	25 377	0.208	24 876	0.208	28 741	0.213	6550	0.204
Rich	37 749	0.214	25 955	0.220	26 597	0.218	26 150	0.219	29 413	0.218	6961	0.217
Middle	36 203	0.205	24 554	0.208	25 319	0.208	24 853	0.208	27 932	0.207	6795	0.212
Poorer	34 324	0.195	22 705	0.192	23 517	0.193	23 053	0.193	25 834	0.191	6138	0.191
Poorest	31 285	0.177	20 035	0.170	20 986	0.172	20 512	0.172	23 120	0.171	5653	0.176
Residence of the child's household at the time of interview
Urban	70 395	0.399	50 428	0.427	51 491	0.423	50 597	0.424	57 358	0.425	12 301	0.383
Rural	105 990	0.601	67 706	0.573	70 305	0.577	68 848	0.576	77 682	0.575	19 796	0.617
Water piped to child's house
Piped to house	76 844	0.436	55 481	0.470	56 699	0.466	55 714	0.466	62 499	0.463	14 306	0.446
Water not piped to house	99 542	0.564	62 653	0.530	65 097	0.534	63 731	0.534	72 542	0.537	17 790	0.554
Flush toilet at child's house
Flush toilet at house	54 418	0.309	41 542	0.352	42 402	0.348	41 686	0.349	46 955	0.348	10 511	0.327
No flush toilet at house	121 968	0.691	76 592	0.648	79 394	0.652	77 759	0.651	88 085	0.652	21 586	0.673
Child measles vaccination
Cluster weighted mean		0.234		0.204		0.208		0.208		0.214		0.211