Table 1 Socio demographic details for CHAIN children and their family members
Bangladesh summary statistics (SWK, MW and NW) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|  | Dhaka (N = 394) | Matlab (N = 314) | Total (N = 708) |
Biological mother | 378 (95.9%) | 312 (99.4%) | 690 (97.5%) |
Caregiver age group | |||
  < 18 | 29 (7.4%) | 2 (0.6%) | 31 (4.4%) |
 18–50 | 361 (91.6%) | 310 (98.7%) | 671 (94.8%) |
  > 50 | 4 (1.0%) | 2 (0.6%) | 6 (0.8%) |
Caregiver’s education level | |||
 None | 142 (36.0%) | 50 (15.9%) | 192 (27.1%) |
 Primary | 185 (47.0%) | 162 (51.6%) | 347 (49.0%) |
 Secondary | 39 (9.9%) | 78 (24.8%) | 117 (16.5%) |
 Tertiary | 28 (7.1%) | 24 (7.6%) | 52 (7.3%) |
Caregiver able to read | |||
 No | 125 (31.7%) | 44 (14.0%) | 169 (23.9%) |
 Yes | 269 (68.3%) | 270 (86.0%) | 539 (76.1%) |
Mother earns an income | 319 (81.0%) | 302 (96.2%) | 621 (87.7%) |
Mother sick | 141 (35.8%) | 136 (43.3%) | 277 (39.1%) |
Food insecurity | |||
 Low | 295 (74.9%) | 311 (99.0%) | 606 (85.6%) |
 Medium | 65 (16.5%) | 3 (1.0%) | 68 (9.6%) |
No prior treatment | 30 (7.6%) | 39 (12.4%) | 69 (9.7%) |
Prior treatment seeking | |||
 Government facility | 49 (12.4%) | 43 (13.7%) | 92 (13.0%) |
 Private facility | 118 (29.9%) | 47 (15.0%) | 165 (23.3%) |
 Pharmacy/Shop | 214 (54.3%) | 188 (59.9%) | 402 (56.8%) |
 Traditional | 24 (6.1%) | 2 (0.6%) | 26 (3.7%) |
Travel to this admission | |||
 Travel means - Public | 100 (25.4%) | 7 (2.2%) | 107 (15.1%) |
 Travel means - Private | 9 (2.3%) | 2 (0.6%) | 11 (1.6%) |
 Travel means - Ambulance | 4 (1.0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (0.6%) |
 Travel means - Non-vehicle | 351 (89.1%) | 311 (99.0%) | 662 (93.5%) |
Travel time | |||
  < 1 h | 116 (29.4%) | 85 (27.1%) | 201 (28.4%) |
 1 h to < 2 h | 181 (45.9%) | 116 (36.9%) | 297 (41.9%) |
 2 h to 4 h | 96 (24.4%) | 97 (30.9%) | 193 (27.3%) |
  > 4 h | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (0.3%) | 2 (0.3%) |