Characteristics Category Number of participants (%)
Gender of children Male 813 (50.8)
Female 787 (49.2)
Father's age Less than ≤ 35 years 1,007 (62.9)
More than 35 years 593 (37.1)
Mother's age Less than ≤ 30 years 1,080 (67.5)
More than 30 years 520 (32.5)
Place of birth Hospitals 1,082 (67.6)
Private health facility 303 (18.9)
Home delivered 215 (13.4)
Education Illiterate 445 (27.8)
Informal 96 (6.0)
Primary (until grade V) 182 (11.4)
Middle (until grade VII 198 (12.4)
Secondary 450 (28.1)
Graduate (college) 177 (11.1)
Post-graduate (university) 52 (3.3)
Occupation status Employed 784 (49.0)
Unemployed 209 (13.1)
Business 607 (37.9)
Total household income (PKR)* Less than 15,000 872 (54.5)
16,000 - 30,000 588 (36.8)
31,000 - 45,000 83 (5.2)
More than 45,000 52 (3.3)
No income 05 (0.3)
Ethnicity Baloch 522 (32.6)
Pakhtoon / Pathan 366 (22.9)
Punjabi 145 (9.1)
Urdu speaking 98 (6.1)
Sindhi 63 (3.9)
Others 406 (25.4)
Vaccination status of the child (as told by the mother) Non-immunized 759 (47.4)
Partially 774 (48.4)
Fully 67 (4.2)
Type of mobile owned Basic handset 1,085 (67.8)
Smart phone 492 (30.8)
None 23 (1.4)
Immunization Card Yes 1466 (91.6)
No 134 (8.4)