Table 1 Sociodemographic and household characteristics of study participants

Age of mother (years)

0.56

 15–24

863 (29.5)

749 (28.1)

338 (27.1)

 25–34

1388 (46.5)

1253 (48.7)

598 (48.6)

 ≥ 35

707 (24.0)

615 (23.2)

284 (24.3)

Total number of children born

0.047

 1–2

960 (32.4)

737 (28.5)

403 (32.9)

 3–4

883 (29.6)

801 (31.1)

379 (31.1)

 ≥ 5

1115 (38.0)

1079 (40.4)

438 (36.0)

Mother’s education level

0.005

 None

2388(81.3)

2140(79.3)

925(75.5)

 Primary

383 (12.4)

328(14.0)

163(13.6)

 Secondary or higher

186 (6.3)

149 (6.7)

132(10.9)

Gender of the household head

0.21

 Male

2759 (93.2)

2468 (94.4)

1158 (95.2)

 Female

199 (6.8)

149 (5.6)

62 (4.8)

Wealth index

0.064

 Poorest

482 (16.6)

641(23.2)

278 (24.1)

 Poor

574 (20.0)

602 (21.7)

266 (20.2)

 Middle

700 (23.3)

591 (23.3)

239 (19.2)

 Richer

683 (22.9)

533 (19.1)

245 (19.1)

 Richest

519 (17.3)

250 (14.6)

192 (16.8)

Region

0.011

 Boucle de Mouhoun

243 (11.1)

217(10.5)

80 (8.8)

 Cascades

179 (3.8)

194 (3.2)

134 (5.5)

 Centre

165 (8.3)

100 (7.4)

57 (6.1)

 Centre-est

235 (7.9)

220 (8.1)

148 (13.5)

 Centre-nord

170 (6.5)

212 (8.3)

119 (10.1)

 Centre-ouest

275 (8.8)

171 (6.6)

44 (5.2)

 Centre-sud

317 (8.3)

133 (3.0)

45 (2.1)

 Est

159 (5.9)

232 (8.7)

117 (9.8)

 Hauts bassins

294 (14.0)

167 (12.2)

114 (12.9)

 Nord

244 (7.7)

228 (9.3)

121 (9.7)

 Plateau central

237 (5.5)

253 (5.7)

82 (4.2)

 Sahel

143 (5.6)

318 (13.5)

57 (7.6)

 Sud-ouest

297 (6.5)

172 (3.6)

102 (4.4)

Place of residence

0.44

 Urban

689 (19.0)

375 (20.2)

178 (15.3)

 Rural

2269 (81.0)

2242 (79.78)

1042 (84.7)

Religion

0.055

 Muslim

1770 (62.7)

1747 (69.4)

783 (66.7)

 Christian

1158 (37.3)

868 (30.6)

433 (33.3)

Gender of the child

0.85

 Male

1533 (52.0)

1338 (51.4)

626 (51.0)

 Female

1425 (48.0)

1279 (48.6)

594 (49.)

Age (months)

< 0.001

 < 12

307 (20.4)

460 (17.0)

275 (22.0)

 12–35

816 (52.8)

1271 (49.1)

541 (44.8)

 36–59

405 (26.8)

869 (33.9)

404 (33.2)