Table 1 Trends in the prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding, disintegrated across four inequality dimensions, from years 2004 to 2017

Economic Status

Quintile 1 (poorest)

658

15.7 (13.0, 18.8)

472

43.3 (38.3, 48.5)

718

49.9 (45.1, 54.8)

699

56.9 (51.1, 62.5)

721

65.7 (61.6, 69.5)

Quintile 2

510

24.8 (20.7, 29.4)

504

41.8 (36.7, 47.0)

652

46.6 (42.0, 51.2)

618

50.3 (44.3, 56.2)

736

64.4 (60.5, 68.1)

Quintile 3

563

26.6 (22.2, 31.5)

443

45.8 (40.3, 51.4)

647

49.1 (44.5, 53.7)

641

50.1 (45.4, 54.7)

672

55.6 (50.9, 60.2)

Quintile 4

450

33.7 (28.2, 39.7)

447

45.1 (39.2, 51.1)

673

48.0 (43.9, 52.2)

631

52.0 (47, 56.9)

710

53.3 (49.2, 57.3)

Quintile 5 (richest)

434

27.8 (23.9, 32.2)

430

39.4 (34.5, 44.4)

576

40.6 (36.5, 44.9)

616

44.0 (39.4, 48.7)

658

55.2 (50.4, 59.9)

Level of Education

No Education

891

21.1 (18.3, 24.3)

514

42.4 (36.9, 48.1)

551

46.9 (41.8, 52.1)

433

55.6 (48.7, 62.2)

222

60.9 (53.0, 68.3)

Primary School

809

22.8 (19.8, 26.0)

684

44.4 (40.2, 48.7)

971

48.9 (44.9, 53.0)

905

54.3 (48.3, 60.2)

969

63.6 (60.1, 67.0)

Secondary / Higher

916

30.5 (26.8, 34.4)

1089

42.5 (38.8, 46.3)

1742

46.1 (43.4, 48.8)

1867

48 (45.2, 50.8)

2307

56.9 (54.4, 59.3)

Place of Residence

Rural

2118

25.2 (22.9, 27.7)

1796

44.1 (40.6, 47.6)

2526

47.9 (45.3, 50.5)

2370

52.8 (49.6, 55.9)

2569

59.8 (57.3, 62.3)

Urban

498

23.6 (19.9, 27.7)

499

39.5 (35.6, 43.5)

738

44.3 (40.7, 48.0)

836

45.3 (40.5, 50.1)

928

56.8 (52.9, 60.6)

Sex of child

Female

1328

23.5 (21.1, 26.0)

1143

43.6 (39.8, 47.6)

1592

46.1 (43.0, 49.2)

1500

50.9 (47.5, 54.3)

1685

59.1 (56.2, 61.9)

Male

1288

26.4 (23.6, 29.5)

1152

42.5 (39.2, 45.9)

1673

48 (45.1, 50.9)

1705

50.7 (47.1, 54.2)

1812

58.9 (56.2, 61.5)

Sub-National Regions

Barisal

157

20.9 (15.4, 27.7)

132

50.8 (45.5, 56.1)

177

43.6 (37.0, 50.3)

185

52.0 (45.0, 59.0)

209

60.3 (55.7, 64.8)

Chattogram

567

19.7 (15.1, 25.3)

526

34.9 (29.6, 40.5)

783

46.2 (41.5, 50.8)

682

45.8 (40.8, 50.8)

738

54.0 (48.3, 59.6)

Dhaka

794

23.5 (20.0, 27.5)

729

43.7 (38.9, 48.6)

988

43.0 (38.6, 47.5)

1182

51.8 (45.8, 57.8)

887

60.6 (55.5, 65.4)

Khulna

280

28.3 (24.4–32.6)

193

51.9 (42.6–61.1)

305

45.7 (40.5–50.9)

250

39.1 (34.0-44.5)

322

49.2 (42.9–55.6)

Mymensingh

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

298

64.0 (58.9, 68.8)

Rajshahi

595

29.2 (24.7, 34.2)

522

43.4 (35.9, 51.3)

439

53.5 (47.1, 59.8)

323

52.5 (47.5, 57.6)

387

57.6 (52.2, 62.9)

Rangpur

-

-

-

-

334

50.8 (44.7, 56.8)

292

59.9 (54.5, 65.0)

379

65.5 (60.1, 70.5)

Sylhet

224

30.0 (24.9, 35.8)

193

48.0 (41.6, 54.4)

238

54.0 (48.5, 59.4)

292

56.6 (50.1, 62.9)

278

65.3 (60.2, 70.0)