Table 1 Descriptive statistics of morbidity among under-five children by selected background covariates: BDHS 2022.
Variables | Child morbidity | Total weighted frequency (N, %) | P- value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No (n, %) | Yes (n, %) | |||
Individual -level | ||||
Children’s age in months | ||||
0–11 | 580 (64.88) | 314 (35.12) | 894 (22.32) | 0.000 |
12–23 | 439 (57.39) | 326 (42.61) | 765 (19.10) | |
24–59 | 1624 (69.22) | 722 (30.78) | 2,346 (58.58) | |
Sex of children | ||||
Male | 1336 (65.01) | 719 (34.99) | 2,055 (51.31) | 0.179 |
Female | 1307 (67.03) | 643 (32.97) | 1,950 (48.69) | |
Wasting | ||||
No | 2330 (66.02) | 1199 (33.98) | 3,529 (88.11) | 0.908 |
Yes | 313 (65.76) | 163 (34.24) | 476 (11.89) | |
Currently breastfeeding | ||||
No | 1149 (67.39) | 556 (32.61) | 1,705 (42.57) | 0.108 |
Yes | 1494 (64.96) | 806 (35.04) | 2,300 (57.43) | |
Household-level | ||||
Mother’s education | ||||
No education | 174 (70.73) | 72 (29.27) | 246 (6.14) | < 0.001 |
Primary | 597 (65.68) | 312 (34.32) | 909 (22.70) | |
Secondary | 1326 (63.44) | 764 (36.56) | 2,090 (52.18) | |
Higher | 546 (71.84) | 214 (28.16) | 760 (18.98) | |
Mother’s currently working status | ||||
No | 2016 (66.32) | 1024 (33.68) | 3,040 (75.91) | 0.443 |
Yes | 627 (64.97) | 338 (35.03) | 965 (24.09) | |
Sex of household head | ||||
Male | 2321 (66.03) | 1194 (33.97) | 3,515 (87.77) | 0.890 |
Female | 322 (65.71) | 168 (34.29) | 490 (12.23) | |
Wealth index | ||||
Poorest | 554 (65.02) | 298 (34.98) | 852 (21.27) | 0.031 |
Poorer | 499 (63.16) | 291 (36.84) | 790 (19.73) | |
Middle | 534 (66.34) | 271 (33.66) | 805 (20.10) | |
Richer | 506 (65.04) | 272 (34.96) | 778 (19.43) | |
Richest | 550 (70.51) | 230 (29.49) | 780 (19.48) | |
Community-level | ||||
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 832 (65.15) | 445 (34.85) | 1,277 (31.89) | 0.443 |
Rural | 1,811 (66.39) | 917 (33.61) | 2,728 (68.11) | |
Division | ||||
Barisal | 308 (65.81) | 160 (34.19) | 468 (11.69) | 0.134 |
Chittagong | 457 (66.04) | 235 (33.96) | 692 (17.28) | |
Dhaka | 407 (70.66) | 169 (29.34) | 576 (14.38) | |
Khulna | 272 (63.40) | 157 (36.60) | 429 (10.71) | |
Mymensingh | 328 (67.21) | 160 (32.79) | 488 (12.18) | |
Rajshahi | 239 (61.28) | 151 (38.72) | 390 (9.74) | |
Rangpur | 293 (65.84) | 152 (34.16) | 445 (11.11) | |
Sylhet | 339 (65.57) | 178 (34.43) | 517 (12.91) | |
Community-level media | ||||
Low | 1322 (65.64) | 692 (34.36) | 2014 (50.29) | 0.636 |
High | 1321 (66.35) | 670 (33.65) | 1991 (49.71) | |
