Table 1

Baseline characteristics of sample (n=14 401)

CharacteristicsFrequency*Percentage (%)
Immunisation status
 Fully immunised433131.5
 Unimmunised941468.5
External environment
Geographic region
 Sumatera406129.5
 Java307922.4
 Bali and Nusa Tenggara12209.0
 Kalimantan144710.5
 Sulawesi238117.3
 Maluku and Papua155711.3
Place of residence
 Urban630745.9
 Rural743854.1
Predisposing characteristics
Child’s sex
 Male709251.6
 Female665348.4
Child’s age (months)
 12–23350125.5
 24–35341324.8
 36–47337824.6
 48–59345325.1
Child’s birth order
 1st592935.9
 2nd–4th753354.8
 ≥5th12839.3
Mother’s age (years)
 15–192621.9
 20–24238117.3
 25–29392828.6
 30–34345425.2
 35–39241017.5
 40–4411048.0
 45–492061.5
Mother’s marital status
 Married13 16895.8
 Living with partner1761.3
 Widowed1180.8
 Divorced2311.7
 No longer living together430.3
 Never in union90.1
Family size (number of household members)
 ≤4531438.6
 5–9763755.6
 ≥107945.8
Mother’s educational level
 Higher181913.2
 Secondary722152.6
 Primary429131.2
 No education4143.0
Father’s educational level
 Higher174012.7
 Secondary743854.2
 Primary420430.6
 No education3112.3
 Don’t know240.2
Mother’s occupation
 Professional10187.4
 Agricultural185513.5
 Industrial157111.4
 Clerical, services and sales323623.6
 Did not work605244.1
 Do not know20.0
Father’s occupation
 Professional13369.8
 Agricultural355025.9
 Industrial488435.6
 Clerical, services and sales370927.0
 Did not work2251.6
 Do not know120.1
Mother’s exposure to media (newspaper, magazine, radio or television)
 At least once a week11 52883.9
 Less than once a week152711.1
 Not at all6865.0
Mother’s tobacco use history
 Smokes nothing13 31796.9
 Uses tobacco4243.1
Enabling resources
Household wealth index
 Richest210815.3
 Richer227616.6
 Middle250418.2
 Poorer272219.8
 Poorest413530.1
Covered by health insurance
 Yes558040.6
 No815659.4
Antenatal care
 Received some care10 86196.2
 Received no care6403.8
Postnatal care
 Received some care739565.7
 Received no care381333.8
 Don’t know530.5
Child’s place of delivery
 Home632546.2
 Public health institution252718.4
 Private health institution482335.2
 Other280.2
Distance to health facilities
 Not a big problem11 91586.9
 Big problem179213.1
Maternal healthcare decision-making
 By herself475835.7
 Jointly with husband656749.3
 Husband alone197214.7
 By others340.3
Child healthcare decision-making
 By herself449736.3
 Jointly with husband140750.5
 Husband alone625511.4
 By others2251.8
  • *Total number varies between categories because of missing values.