| Percentage Distribution of Live Births in Five Years Preceding Survey with a Reported Birth Weight and All Live Births by Mother`s Estimate of Baby`s Size at Birth According to Background Characteristics in India (2015-2016) | |||||||||||
| Background Characteristic | Percent Distribution of Births with a Reported Birth Weight1 | Total | Number of Births | Percentage of Live Births whose Birth Weight was Reported1 | Percent Distribution of All Live Births by Size of Child at Birth | Total | Number of Births | ||||
| Less than 2.5 Kg. | 2.5 Kg. or More | Very Small | Smaller than Average | Average or Larger | Don`t Know/ Missing | ||||||
| Mother`s Age at Birth | |||||||||||
| <20 | |||||||||||
| 20-34 | |||||||||||
| 35-49 | |||||||||||
| Birth Order | |||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||
| 2-3 | |||||||||||
| 4-5 | |||||||||||
| 6+ | |||||||||||
| Residence | |||||||||||
| Urban | |||||||||||
| Rural | |||||||||||
| Mother`s Schooling | |||||||||||
| No Schooling | |||||||||||
| <5 Years Complete | |||||||||||
| 5-7 Years Complete | |||||||||||
| 8-9 Years Complete | |||||||||||
| 10-11 Years Complete | |||||||||||
| 12 or More Years Complete | |||||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
