Variables | Response categories | Percent | Description of variables |
Birth Weight | Low | 21.50 | Low birth weight < 2500 g |
Normal | 78.50 | Normal birth weight ≥ 2500 g | |
Body Mass Index (BMI) | <18.5 kg/m2 | 38.84 | The body mass index (BMI) is the ratio of the weight in kilograms to the square of the height in meters (kg/m2). Underweight is Less than 18.5 kg/m2; Normal weight = 18.5 to <25 kg/m2; Overweight = 25 and above kg/m2 |
18.5 to <25 kg/m2 | 54.18 | ||
25 & above kg/m2 | 6.98 | ||
Mother’s Anemia Status/level | Anemic Mother’s | 61.00 | Iron deficiency anemia characterized by low level of haemoglobin in the blood. If the haemoglobin level is 10.9 g/dl of pregnant women= No anemia and if Hb< 10.9 g/dl = anemia. We have combined mild, moderate and severe anemia into one category. |
Not anemic Mother’s | 39.00 | ||
Antenatal care during pregnancy | No ANC Visit | 23.00 | Antenatal care during pregnancy created as dummy variable in three groups from original variable |
1 - 2 ANC Visit | 24.70 | ||
3+ ANC Visit | 52.40 | ||
Wealth index | Poor | 47.89 | Wealth index created as dummy variable in three groups from original variable. It is as Poorer + poorest = Poor, Richer + Richest = High |
Middle | 19.81 | ||
High | 32.29 | ||
Residence | Rural | 25.34 | Place of residence is used original |
Urban | 74.66 | ||
Education | Uneducated | 50.03 | Education is also used as dummy variable. It is categories into three groups from original variable |
Educated & < Secondary | 41.28 | ||
Secondary & Above | 8.69 | ||
Age of mother | 15 - 24 age group | 42.03 | Age of the mother at the time of survey in completed years but it is categories in three age groups from single years age variable |
25 - 34 age group | 49.37 | ||
35 - 49 age group | 8.59 | ||
Birth order | First order | 30.30 | Birth order variable is categories only five orders for analysis purpose |
Second order | 27.10 | ||
Third order | 16.20 | ||
Fourth order | 10.20 | ||
Fifth & above order | 16.20 | ||
Mother caste | Schedule Caste | 21.50 | Caste of mother is used as original |
Schedule tribe | 9.90 | ||
Other backward class | 42.00 | ||
| Other Caste | 26.60 | |
Religion | Hindu | 78.23 | Religion of mother is used as dummy variable in three groups from original variable. Others include (Christian, Sikh, Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist, Jain, Jewish, Parsi/Zoroastrian, No-religion, Donyi polo, Other). |
Muslim | 17.08 | ||
Others | 4.69 |