Table 3

Weighted frequency and distribution covariates across age of the mother at first birth

Age band in years	12–14		15–17		18–20		21–23		24–26		27–29		30–32		33–35
	n=4322		n=41 384		n=61 491		n=38 300		n=18 211		n=7939		n=3493		n=1443
	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction	Population	Weighted fraction
Sex of child
Male	2323	0.517	21 627	0.512	31 995	0.515	19 017	0.504	8941	0.514	3964	0.518	1731	0.513	705	0.504
Female	2173	0.483	20 607	0.488	30 096	0.485	18 741	0.496	8443	0.486	3685	0.482	1646	0.487	694	0.496
Type of birth
Singleton	4477	0.996	42 003	0.995	61 701	0.994	37 376	0.990	17 173	0.988	7532	0.985	3317	0.982	1369	0.979
Twin	19	0.004	230	0.005	390	0.006	382	0.010	211	0.012	116	0.015	60	0.018	30	0.021
Age of child in months
48–60	1380	0.307	11 154	0.264	15 402	0.248	9272	0.246	4269	0.246	1841	0.241	890	0.263	335	0.240
36–47	1260	0.280	10 537	0.249	14 491	0.233	9378	0.248	4176	0.240	1822	0.238	822	0.243	307	0.219
24–35	995	0.221	10 125	0.240	15 252	0.246	9419	0.249	4191	0.241	1885	0.246	839	0.248	376	0.269
12–23	862	0.192	10 418	0.247	16 946	0.273	9687	0.257	4748	0.273	2100	0.275	827	0.245	381	0.272
Educational level of the mother at time of interview
Secondary or higher	30	0.007	1518	0.036	9263	0.149	11 213	0.297	7607	0.438	3979	0.520	1836	0.544	705	0.504
Completed primary	957	0.213	13 415	0.318	22 837	0.368	12 459	0.330	4961	0.285	1899	0.248	781	0.231	336	0.241
No education or incomplete primary	3509	0.780	27 300	0.646	29 991	0.483	14 085	0.373	4816	0.277	1770	0.231	760	0.225	357	0.256
Mother has a partner
Yes	4101	0.912	38 606	0.914	57 623	0.928	35 469	0.939	16 378	0.942	7208	0.942	3181	0.942	1291	0.923
No	395	0.088	3627	0.086	4468	0.072	2288	0.061	1006	0.058	440	0.058	196	0.058	108	0.077
Educational level of the mother's partner at the time of interview
Completed secondary or higher	669	0.149	8265	0.196	17 087	0.275	14 040	0.372	8148	0.469	4113	0.538	1876	0.556	746	0.533
Completed primary	1107	0.246	12 977	0.307	21 683	0.349	12 533	0.332	5193	0.299	2031	0.266	802	0.238	328	0.235
No education or incomplete primary	2721	0.605	20 992	0.497	23 321	0.376	11 184	0.296	4042	0.233	1504	0.197	699	0.207	325	0.232
Age band in years of the mother's partner at the mother's first birth
12–17	313	0.070	1250	0.030	407	0.007	109	0.003	20	0.001	4	0.001	1	0.000	1	0.000
18–23	1587	0.353	14 655	0.347	17 407	0.280	5426	0.144	898	0.052	227	0.030	55	0.016	17	0.012
24–29	2256	0.502	22 157	0.525	36 519	0.588	24 543	0.650	10 869	0.625	3671	0.480	1220	0.361	487	0.348
30–35	214	0.048	2756	0.065	5480	0.088	5634	0.149	3981	0.229	2491	0.326	1203	0.356	313	0.223
36–41	83	0.019	896	0.021	1467	0.024	1319	0.035	1155	0.066	848	0.111	631	0.187	371	0.265
42–59	44	0.010	520	0.012	812	0.013	727	0.019	461	0.027	407	0.053	267	0.079	211	0.151
Wealth quintile of the child's household
Richest	366	0.081	4937	0.117	10 572	0.170	9490	0.251	6196	0.356	3283	0.429	1423	0.421	557	0.398
Rich	710	0.158	7659	0.181	13 466	0.217	9088	0.241	3972	0.228	1700	0.222	815	0.241	340	0.243
Middle	950	0.211	9159	0.217	13 772	0.222	7453	0.197	2950	0.170	1185	0.155	517	0.153	216	0.154
Poorer	1194	0.265	10 329	0.245	12 770	0.206	6330	0.168	2354	0.135	838	0.110	350	0.103	160	0.114
Poorest	1277	0.284	10 148	0.240	11 511	0.185	5397	0.143	1911	0.110	642	0.084	273	0.081	126	0.090
Residence of the child's household at the time of interview
Urban	1033	0.230	12 159	0.288	22 251	0.358	16 999	0.450	9721	0.559	4969	0.650	2315	0.686	949	0.678
Rural	3463	0.770	30 074	0.712	39 840	0.642	20 759	0.550	7663	0.441	2679	0.350	1062	0.314	450	0.322
Water piped to child's house
Piped to house	1082	0.241	13 530	0.320	25 731	0.414	18 816	0.498	9906	0.570	4736	0.619	2149	0.636	896	0.640
Water not piped to house	3415	0.759	28 704	0.680	36 360	0.586	18 942	0.502	7478	0.430	2912	0.381	1228	0.364	503	0.360
Flush toilet at child's house
Flush toilet at house	434	0.097	6908	0.164	16 700	0.269	14 506	0.384	8551	0.492	4380	0.573	2080	0.616	859	0.614
No flush toilet at house	4062	0.903	35 325	0.836	45 390	0.731	23 251	0.616	8832	0.508	3269	0.427	1297	0.384	540	0.386
Child measles vaccination
Cluster weighted mean		0.359		0.298		0.238		0.202		0.166		0.145		0.125		0.139