Third and Fourth Periodic Report on CRC - Unicef

Convention on the Rights of the Child
Annex: 7
Initial breastfeeding, MICS 2006
Background characteristics Percentage who started Percentage who started Number of women with
breastfeeding within breastfeeding within live birth in the two
one hour of birth one day of birth years preceding the
survey
Division Barisal 41.9 82.7 738
Chittagong 32.4 83.1 2554
Dhaka 36.5 79.9 3697
Khulna 32.7 80.9 1145
Rajshahi 34.3 79.0 2740
Sylhet 42.3 89.7 1024
Area Rural 35.5 81.7 8757
Urban 36.0 81.0 3040
Urban municipality 37.0 82.3 2230
City Corporations 33.1 77.5 811
Non-slum 33.0 77.3 729
Slum 34.5 79.1 81
Tribal 29.9 78.9 101
Months since last birth < 6 months 34.6 79.0 2352
6-11 months 37.1 81.9 3442
12-23 months 35.2 82.3 6104
Education None 32.8 79.9 3730
Primary incomplete 34.6 83.1 1892
Primary completed 38.1 82.3 1551
Secondary 37.5 82.0 3429
incomplete
Secondary 36.9 81.3 1260
completed or higher
Non-st<strong>and</strong>ard 40.6 85.1 38
curriculum
Wealth index quintiles Poorest 34.0 80.8 2908
Second 34.5 80.4 2535
Middle 35.6 82.8 2230
<strong>Fourth</strong> 38.2 82.5 2238
Richest 36.5 81.3 1989
National 35.6 81.5 11899
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