Level of Education No education 12,204 58.0 Primary 4,820 22.9 Secondary 3,577 17.0 Higher 433 2.1 Age of Mother at first birth Under 20 15,287 71.0 21-30 5503 26.2 >30 244 2.8 Sex of Male 10,744 51.1 Female 10,290 48.9 Mother’s Occupation Unemployed 6,752 32.0 Farming 5,125 24.4 Trading 6,216 29.6 Others 2,941 14.0 Wealth Index Poor 13,587 64.6 Middle 4,149 19.7 Rich 3,298 15.7 Access to Electricity Yes 5,148 24.5 No 15,886 75.5 Access to Television Yes 3,967 18.8 No 17,067 81.2 of Cooking Fuel Wood 12729 60.8 Charcoal 6225 30.2 Kerosene 1655 7.8 Gas 425 1.2 Type of Toilet Facility No facility 11,158 53.1 Pit latrine 9,143 43.5 Flush Toilet 733 3.4 Source of Drinking Water Tap water/Borehole 4,931 23.5 Well 6,125 29.1 Stream/River/Lake 9,978 47.4 Household Head’s Occupation Farming 11,648 55.4 Trading 3,039 14.4 Others 6,347 30.2 Source: NDHS, 2008 The coefficient of ever breastfed was effect on the nutritional status, morbidity and negative and significant at 1% indicating that children mortality of infants. who are breastfed have a lower risk of mortality than The negative correlation between father’s those not breastfed. This could be attributed to the fact education and mortality indicates that the higher that breastfeeding combats various infectious disease the level of education of the father the lower the level and strengthens essential antibody system of the of mortality. The fact that the father’s education plays children (Chowdhury 2010). This finding also an important role in earning income, which in turn et al., corroborates the findings of (Mondal 2009) and ensures adequate nutrition, clothing and housing for et al., (Uddin 2009) that breastfeeding has a beneficial the household, is a reflection of the direct relationship et al.,
Level of Education No education 12,204 58.0 Primary 4,820 22.9 Secondary 3,577 17.0 Higher 433 2.1 Age of Mother at first birth Under 20 15,287 71.0 21-30 5503 26.2 >30 244 2.8 Sex of Male 10,744 51.1 Female 10,290 48.9 Mother’s Occupation Unemployed 6,752 32.0 Farming 5,125 24.4 Trading 6,216 29.6 Others 2,941 14.0 Wealth Index Poor 13,587 64.6 Middle 4,149 19.7 Rich 3,298 15.7 Access to Electricity Yes 5,148 24.5 No 15,886 75.5 Access to Television Yes 3,967 18.8 No 17,067 81.2 of Cooking Fuel Wood 12729 60.8 Charcoal 6225 30.2 Kerosene 1655 7.8 Gas 425 1.2 Type of Toilet Facility No facility 11,158 53.1 Pit latrine 9,143 43.5 Flush Toilet 733 3.4 Source of Drinking Water Tap water/Borehole 4,931 23.5 Well 6,125 29.1 Stream/River/Lake 9,978 47.4 Household Head’s Occupation Farming 11,648 55.4 Trading 3,039 14.4 Others 6,347 30.2 Source: NDHS, 2008 The coefficient of ever breastfed was negative and significant at 1% indicating that children who are breastfed have a lower risk of mortality than those not breastfed. This could be attributed to the fact that breastfeeding combats various infectious disease and strengthens essential antibody system of the children (Chowdhury et al., 2010). This finding also corroborates the findings of (Mondal et al., 2009) and (Uddin et al., 2009) that breastfeeding has a beneficial effect on the nutritional status, morbidity and mortality of infants. The negative correlation between father’s education and mortality indicates that the higher the level of education of the father the lower the level of mortality. The fact that the father’s education plays an important role in earning income, which in turn ensures adequate nutrition, clothing and housing for the household, is a reflection of the direct relationship
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