Maternal characteristics and infant birth weight
According to maternal age category, highest percentage (36.5%) of
low birth weight infant was found in the age group of = 31 years;
however the lowest percentage (23.6%) was found in the 26-30 age
group (Table 1, Figure 1, Figure 2). 40 % infant were in the age
group of 26-30 year with birth weight greater than 3 kg, which was
the highest among all of the maternal age and birth weight
category. However only 11.37 % mother-infant pair were in the
illiterate mother group, highest percentage (55.2 %) of LBW infant
were in this group, following 46.7 % in the group where mother has
completed primary education. In contrast, mothers, who were
graduated, were shown to have the highest percentage (66) of
infants with normal weight and only 5.7 % of infant with LBW.
According to family income category the lowest family income
category (≤ 3999) were with highest percentage (43.2%) of low
birth weight infant, whereas the lowest percentage (13.6 %) of the
LBW were in the highest family income category (≥ 16000).
Percentages (46.6%) of normal weight infant were also high in the
highest family income group. According to maternal height and
weight category the highest percentage of LBW infant (43.2 and
52.6% respectively) were found in the lowest maternal height
(