Table 1 Participant characteristics

Area

Rural

Urban

1375 (82.9)

284 (17.1)

5824 (80.3)

1430 (19.7)

2801 (67.5)

1348 (32.5)

1798 (54.8)

1483 (45.2)

Child sex

Female

Male

842 (50.8)

817 (49.2)

3493 (48.2)

3761 (51.8)

2042 (49.2)

2107 (50.8)

1565 (47.7)

1716 (52.3)

Child age

6–11 months

12–23 months

24–59 months

206 (12.4)

380 (22.9)

1073 (64.7)

915 (12.6)

1732 (23.9)

4607 (63.5)

370 (8.9)

995 (24.0)

2784 (67.1)

352 (10.7)

804 (24.5)

2125 (64.8)

Mother’s age

15–19 years

20–29 years

30–39 years

≥ 40 years

80 (7.6)

637 (60.5)

270 (25.6)

66 (6.3)

353 (5.2)

3631 (53.1)

2402 (35.1)

455 (6.7)

N/A

64 (2.4)

1350 (50.9)

959 (36.1)

280 (10.6)

Mother’s education

None

Primary

Secondary or higher

457 (37.8)

539 (44.6)

213 (17.6)

4968 (72.6)

1099 (16.1)

774 (11.3)

N/A

348 (13.1)

1781 (67.1)

525 (19.8)

Household wealth

Very poor

Poor

Medium

Rich

Very rich

84 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

891 (53.7)

338 (20.4)

346 (20.9)

1418 (19.5)

1458 (20.1)

1424 (19.6)

1482 (20.4)

1472 (20.3)

463 (13.2)

610 (17.3)

0 (0.0)

1147 (32.6)

1298 (36.9)

726 (22.1)

727 (22.2)

642 (19.6)

603 (18.4)

583 (17.8)