Third and Fourth Periodic Report on CRC - Unicef

<strong>Third</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Fourth</strong> <strong>Periodic</strong> <strong>Report</strong>
Annex: 8
Breastfeeding, MICS 2006
Percent of living children according to breastfeeding status at each age group, Bangladesh, 2006
Background characteristics Children 0-3 months Children 0-5 months Children 6-9 months Children 12-15 months Children 20-23 months
Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number
exclusively of children exclusively of children receiving of children breastfed of children breastfed of children
breastfed breastfed breast milk
<strong>and</strong> solid/
mushy food
Sex Male 48.0 694 36.0 1192 50.3 1201 94.4 938 88.4 1201
Female 51.5 645 39.0 1110 53.2 1074 96.6 889 90.0 1096
Division Barisal 43.5 75 30.1 142 46.3 152 93.7 106 90.9 141
Chittagong 57.4 355 48.8 550 45.1 486 96.9 403 80.5 446
Dhaka 44.0 387 30.4 683 48.6 735 95.0 586 89.4 733
Khulna 47.9 127 38.3 205 70.6 186 96.7 193 94.5 246
Rajshahi 51.7 285 38.5 524 58.7 493 95.4 419 94.8 533
Sylhet 45.8 110 31.6 198 48.5 223 92.4 119 85.0 198
Area Rural 50.2 983 37.7 1717 53.2 1685 97.1 1349 90.0 1663
Urban 47.2 342 35.2 562 46.9 572 90.7 465 86.8 618
Urban municipality 46.9 237 35.9 394 45.4 432 92.5 344 86.4 457
City Corporations 47.9 105 33.7 168 51.4 140 85.5 121 87.8 161
Non-slum 46.5 95 32.0 155 50.9 123 84.2 108 87.7 148
Slum 61.0 10 52.5 14 54.7 17 95.7 13 89.8 12
Tribal 72.8 14 68.6 23 56.8 18 100.0 12 92.1 16
Mother's None 48.1 397 37.2 680 46.3 746 96.8 550 89.4 729
education Primary incomplete 56.5 193 40.0 348 48.6 345 97.8 300 90.6 356
Primary completed 49.6 171 34.3 305 55.8 329 97.1 240 92.0 299
Secondary incomplete 49.9 435 38.5 698 56.7 637 95.1 522 87.5 676
Secondary completed 44.3 138 35.8 264 53.5 217 86.8 200 87.4 234
or higher
Non-st<strong>and</strong>ard curriculum 37.5 5 23.1 8 100.0 1 100.0 13 100.0 3
Wealth Poorest 49.6 283 36.0 521 51.8 610 98.3 416 91.2 576
index Second 48.3 287 35.6 500 47.5 494 96.4 385 90.8 469
quintiles Middle 51.7 260 39.6 424 50.7 387 98.7 374 89.3 403
<strong>Fourth</strong> 49.7 264 39.6 463 58.1 428 96.3 332 89.2 434
Richest 49.1 244 36.8 392 50.5 357 86.0 320 84.4 414
National 49.7 1338 37.4 2302 51.7 2275 95.4 1826 89.2 2297
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