Third and Fourth Periodic Report on CRC - Unicef

Convention on the Rights of the Child
Annex: 33
Child disability, MICS 2006
Percentage of children 2-9 years of age with disability reported by their mother or caretaker according to the type of
disability, Bangladesh, 2006
Background characteristics
Delay in
sitting
st<strong>and</strong>ing or
walking
Percentage of children aged 2-9 years with reported disability by type of disability
Difficulty
seeing,
either in the
daytime or
at night
Appears to
have
difficulty
hearing
No
underst<strong>and</strong>i
ng of
instructions
Difficulty in
walking
moving,
moving
arms,
weakness
or stiffness
Have fits,
become
rigid, lose
consciousne
ss
Not learning
to do things
like other
children
his/her age
No speaking
cannot be
understood
in words
Appears
mentally
backward,
dull, or slow
Percentage
of children
2-9 years of
age with at
least one
reported
disability*
Number
of
children
aged
2-9
years
Speech
is not
normal
Number
of
children
aged
3-9
years
Cannot
name at
least
one
object
Number
of
children
aged
2 years
Division Barisal 6.0 1.4 1.8 2.2 4.8 4.4 3.0 2.6 3.0 17.6 3689 7.9 3308 15.3 381
Chittagong 4.7 .7 1.4 1.7 2.3 4.5 1.8 1.9 1.6 14.0 12403 3.8 10943 15.2 1459
Dhaka 7.8 .7 2.3 1.9 2.4 5.1 1.6 1.8 1.4 18.0 18542 3.5 16236 15.4 2305
Khulna 8.2 .8 1.9 1.4 2.1 6.0 1.1 1.5 1.0 17.5 5968 1.9 5243 8.6 725
Rajshahi 8.5 .9 2.6 1.8 3.4 6.0 2.0 2.2 1.9 20.4 13513 5.0 11848 16.1 1665
Sylhet 8.0 1.4 2.2 1.7 2.9 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.2 15.6 4477 2.1 3953 15.8 525
Area Rural 7.4 .9 2.2 1.8 2.9 4.8 1.8 2.0 1.6 17.7 42658 4.0 37555 15.1 5103
Urban 6.9 .8 1.7 1.6 2.4 5.5 1.4 1.7 1.5 17.1 15419 3.7 13521 14.2 1898
Urban municipality 7.2 .8 2.0 1.5 2.9 5.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 17.8 11236 3.6 9872 13.7 1364
City Corporations 6.1 .6 1.1 1.8 1.1 4.7 .9 1.6 1.0 15.0 4183 4.0 3649 15.3 533
Non-slum 6.0 .6 1.0 1.9 1.1 4.9 .8 1.6 1.0 15.1 3771 4.1 3289 15.3 482
Slum 7.5 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.4 2.7 1.2 1.4 1.0 14.0 411 2.7 360 15.6 51
Tribal 4.8 .9 1.9 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.6 12.5 515 5.7 455 14.3 60
Age of child 2-4 months 8.4 .7 1.1 1.8 2.6 6.0 2.1 2.4 1.6 18.7 21666 4.8 14606 14.9 7061
5-6 months 7.3 .9 2.4 1.7 2.6 4.9 1.6 1.7 1.7 17.5 14097 3.5 14097 . 0
7-9 months 6.2 1.1 2.9 1.8 2.9 4.1 1.5 1.5 1.6 16.3 22828 3.6 22828 . 0
Mother's None 7.7 1.1 2.6 2.0 2.9 4.6 2.0 2.1 1.9 18.1 25476 4.1 23040 15.9 2436
education Primary incomplete 7.8 1.0 2.5 1.7 3.3 5.1 1.9 2.0 1.7 18.8 9270 4.1 8171 13.8 1099
Primary completed 7.2 .6 1.8 1.3 2.7 4.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 16.7 7288 3.5 6389 15.5 899
Secondary incomplete 6.7 .5 1.4 1.6 2.3 5.8 1.5 1.9 1.2 16.7 11227 3.6 9423 13.7 1804
Secondary completed 5.3 .6 .8 1.6 1.8 5.2 1.3 1.4 1.0 14.2 5072 4.0 4277 15.2 796
or higher
Non-st<strong>and</strong>ard 12.5 3.6 4.6 .8 7.0 7.3 .4 .5 2.4 26.1 224 5.9 200 4.3 24
curriculum
Missing/DK 7.4 3.4 3.4 .0 8.3 3.4 .0 .0 3.4 15.7 35 4.6 32 .0 3
Wealth index Poorest 8.3 1.3 3.0 2.2 3.2 4.6 2.3 2.2 1.8 19.1 15063 4.3 13345 15.2 1718
quintiles Second 7.8 .9 2.5 1.8 3.2 5.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 18.3 12422 4.3 10953 13.9 1469
Middle 7.6 .7 1.9 1.6 2.8 5.1 1.5 2.1 1.6 18.0 11346 3.8 9998 14.4 1348
<strong>Fourth</strong> 6.3 .6 1.6 1.5 2.1 5.2 1.2 1.6 1.0 15.5 10406 3.5 9077 14.9 1328
Richest 5.7 .6 1.1 1.6 2.0 5.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 15.1 9355 3.5 8157 16.1 1198
National 7.3 .9 2.1 1.8 2.8 5.0 1.7 1.9 1.6 17.5 58592 3.9 51531 14.9 7061
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