| Among Live Births, Percent Distribution by Birth Weight and Percentage whose Birth Weight Reported and Percent Distribution of All Live Births in Five Years Preceding Survey by Mother`s Estimate of Baby`s Size at Birth According to Background Characteristics in India (2005-2006) | |||||||||||
| Background Characteristic | Percent Distribution of Births With a Reported Birth Weight1 | Percen- tage of Live Births Whose Birth Weight Was Reported1 | Percent Distribution of All Live Births by Size of Child at Birth | ||||||||
| Less Than 2.5 Kg | 2.5 Kg or More | Total | Number of Births | Very Small | Smaller Than Average | Average or Larger | Don`t Know/ Missing | Total | No. of Births | ||
| Mother`s Age at Birth | |||||||||||
| < 20 | |||||||||||
| 20-34 | |||||||||||
| 35-49 | |||||||||||
| Birth Order | |||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||
| 2-3 | |||||||||||
| 4-5 | |||||||||||
| 6 + | |||||||||||
| Residence | |||||||||||
| Urban | |||||||||||
| Rural | |||||||||||
| Mother`s Education | |||||||||||
| No education | |||||||||||
| < 5 years complete | |||||||||||
| 5-7 years complete | |||||||||||
| 8-9 years complete | |||||||||||
| 10-11 years complete | |||||||||||
| 12 or more years complete | |||||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||||
| Hindu | |||||||||||
| Muslim | |||||||||||
| Christian | |||||||||||
| Sikh | |||||||||||
| Buddhist/ Neo-Buddhist | |||||||||||
| Jain | |||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||
| Caste/Tribe | |||||||||||
| Scheduled caste | |||||||||||
| Scheduled tribe | |||||||||||
| Other backward class | |||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||
| Don`t know | |||||||||||
| Wealth Index | |||||||||||
| Lowest | |||||||||||
| Second | |||||||||||
| Middle | |||||||||||
| Fourth | |||||||||||
| Highest | |||||||||||
| Mother`s Current Tobacco use | |||||||||||
| Uses tobacco | |||||||||||
| Does not use tobacco | |||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||
