Table 1 Distributions for several background characteristics of mothers and children

 Early initiation (within 1 h)

25.07

42.67

47.02

51.24

41.63

 Late initiation

74.93

57.33

52.98

48.76

58.37

< 20

27.11

25.69

25.82

28.05

26.56

 20–30

57.01

57.92

60.54

59.63

58.92

 30+

15.88

16.39

13.64

12.31

14.52

 Male

50.86

51.04

51.70

51.60

51.33

 Female

49.14

48.96

48.30

48.40

48.67

 Urban

31.39

35.66

31.40

32.31

32.60

 Rural

68.61

64.34

68.60

67.69

67.40

 Both uneducated

53.13

46.28

38.79

33.08

42.74

 Father/Mother educated

22.21

23.42

25.92

26.99

24.69

 Both educated

24.66

30.30

35.29

39.93

32.57

 First

28.24

31.29

34.02

40.73

33.39

 Second/Third

43.83

44.22

47.36

45.51

45.33

 Forth/Higher

27.93

24.49

18.62

13.75

21.17

 No

15.26

15.42

13.49

10.12

13.66

 Yes

84.74

84.58

86.51

89.88

86.34

 Health Facility

34.79

41.28

28.71

40.07

35.30

 Home

65.21

58.72

71.29

59.93

64.70

 Normal

95.06

90.26

84.04

75.69

86.37

 Caesarean

4.94

9.74

15.96

24.31

13.63

 No

41.75

37.52

33.20

21.14

33.76

 Yes

58.25

62.48

66.80

78.86

66.24

 Poor

40.33

39.06

39.99

39.68

39.80

 Average

18.39

18.45

19.19

19.22

18.84

 Rich

41.28

42.50

40.82

40.82

41.36

 No

30.15

36.22

34.39

37.58

34.43

 Yes

69.85

63.78

65.61

62.42

65.67

 Barisal

11.64

13.39

11.55

12.01

12.08

 Chittagong

20.74

19.94

19.13

19.27

19.72

 Dhaka

21.94

21.41

16.81

17.71

19.25

 Khulna

13.82

12.76

12.11

11.78

12.60

 Rajshahi

20.19

16.96

26.09

24.49

22.31

 Sylhet

11.66

15.55

14.31

14.74

14.04