Research Article
Prevalence of Child Functional Difficulties and Its Associated Factors in Bangladesh: An Application of Count Regression Model
Table 1
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the selected covariates.
| | Variable | Male () | Female () | Total () | | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) |
| | Child age (in years) | | 5-9 | 11831 (39.1) | 11791 (41.5) | 23622 (40.2) | | 10-14 | 11895 (39.3) | 11626 (40.9) | 23521 (40) | | 15-17 | 6574 (21.7) | 5029 (17.7) | 11603 (19.8) | | Child education | | No education | 1598 (5.3) | 1116 (3.9) | 2714 (4.6) | | ECE | 2768 (9.1) | 2522 (8.9) | 5290 (9.0) | | Primary | 15312 (50.5) | 13202 (46.4) | 28514 (48.5) | | Secondary | 6334 (20.9) | 6918 (24.3) | 13252 (22.6) | | Secondary+ | 4287 (14.2) | 4688 (16.5) | 8975 (15.3) | | Mother age (in years) | | 15-24 | 1252 (4.1) | 1184 (4.2) | 2436 (4.1) | | 25-34 | 13521 (44.6) | 12798 (44.9) | 26319 (44.8) | | 35+ | 15527 (51.2) | 14464 (50.9) | 29991 (51.1) | | Child ever born | | 1 | 2326 (7.7) | 1838 (6.5) | 4164 (7.1) | | 2-3 | 19165 (63.2) | 17107 (60.1) | 36272 (61.7) | | 4+ | 8808 (29.1) | 9502 (33.4) | 18310 (31.2) | | Mother disability | | Yes | 1020 (3.4) | 944 (3.3) | 1964 (3.3) | | No | 29279 (96.6) | 27502 (96.7) | 56781 (96.7) | | HH education level | | Preprimary or none | 10744 (35.5) | 9667 (33.9) | 20411 (34.7) | | Primary | 8571 (28.3) | 8066 (28.4) | 16637 (28.3) | | Secondary+ | 10984 (36.2) | 10714 (37.7) | 21698 (36.9) | | Religion | | Muslim | 27662 (91.3) | 25928 (91.1) | 53590 (91.2) | | Other | 2638 (8.7) | 2518 (8.9) | 5156 (8.8) | | Place of residence | | Urban | 6384 (21.1) | 5828 (20.5) | 12212 (20.8) | | Rural | 23915 (78.9) | 22618 (79.5) | 46533 (79.2) | | Wealth index | | Poor | 13052 (43.1) | 11963 (42.1) | 25015 (42.6) | | Middle | 6112 (20.2) | 5396 (18.9) | 11508 (19.6) | | Rich | 11136 (36.7) | 11087 (38.9) | 22223 (37.8) | | Division | | Barishal | 1633 (5.4) | 1671 (5.9) | 3304 (5.6) | | Chattogram | 6460 (21.3) | 6343 (22.3) | 12803 (21.8) | | Dhaka | 7196 (23.8) | 6712 (23.6) | 13908 (23.7) | | Khulna | 3149 (10.4) | 2942 (10.3) | 6091 (10.4) | | Mymensingh | 2124 (7) | 2038 (7.2) | 4162 (7.1) | | Rajshahi | 3671 (12.1) | 3310 (11.6) | 6981 (11.9) | | Rangpur | 3452 (11.4) | 3043 (10.7) | 6495 (11.1) | | Sylhet | 2615 (8.6) | 2387 (8.4) | 5002 (8.5) |
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HH = household head; ECE = early child education.
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