"",DLHS-4 (2012-13) DLHS-3 (2007-08)
Indicators,TOTAL RURAL TOTAL RURAL
Child feeding practices (based on last-born child in the reference period) (%),
Children age 0-5 months exclusively breastfed9 ..........................................................................,76.9 80.0 NA NA
Children age 6-9 months receiving solid/semi-solid food and breast milk ....................................,78.6 75.0 85.9 89.3
Children age 12-23 months receiving breast feeding along with complementary feeding ...........,31.8 24.2 NA NA
Children age 6-35 months exclusively breastfed for at least 6 months ........................................,4.7 3.4 30.0 27.7
Children under 3 years breastfed within one hour of birth ............................................................,42.9 46.5 50.6 52.9
Birth Weight (%) (age below 36 months),
Percentage of Children weighed at birth ......................................................................................,38.8 41.0 NA NA
Percentage of Children with low birth weight (out of those who weighted) ( below 2.5 kg) .........,12.8 14.6 NA NA
Awareness about Diarrhoea (%),
Women know about  what to do when a child gets  diarrhoea .....................................................,96.3 96.2 94.4 94.2
Awareness about ARI (%),
Women aware about danger signs of ARI10 .................................................................................,55.9 59.7 32.8 34.7
Treatment of childhood diseases (based on last two surviving children born during the,
reference period) (%),
Prevalence of diarrhoea in last 2 weeks for under 5 years old children .......................................,1.6 1.3 6.5 7.0
Children with diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks and received ORS11 .................................................,100.0 100.0 54.8 53.3
Children with diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks and sought advice/treatment ...................................,100.0 50.0 72.9 73.3
Prevalence of ARI in last 2 weeks for under 5 years old children ............................................,4.3 3.9 3.9 4.2
Children with acute respiratory infection or fever in last 2 weeks and sought advice/treatment,37.5 33.3 69.8 68.0
Children with diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks given Zinc along with ORS ......................................,66.6 50.0 NA NA
Awareness of RTI/STI and HIV/AIDS (%),
Women who have heard of RTI/STI .............................................................................................,55.8 57.1 34.8 38.2
Women who have heard of HIV/AIDS ..........................................................................................,98.9 99.0 98.3 98.1
Women who have any symptoms of RTI/STI  ..............................................................................,13.9 13.5 15.6 16.1
Women who know the place to go for testing of HIV/AIDS12 .......................................................,59.9 57.1 48.6 46.3
Women underwent test for detecting HIV/AIDS12 ........................................................................,37.3 36.8 14.1 12.3
Utilization of Government Health Services (%),
Antenatal care ..............................................................................................................................,69.7 66.7 79.0 81.0
Treatment for pregnancy complications .......................................................................................,57.1 59.3 88.0 87.8
Treatment for post-delivery complications ...................................................................................,33.3 33.3 68.4 68.4
Treatment for vaginal discharge ...................................................................................................,20.0 25.0 73.9 71.4
Treatment for children with diarrhoea13 ........................................................................................,50.0 100.0 NA NA
Treatment for children with ARI13 .................................................................................................,NA NA NA NA
Birth Registration (%),
Children below age 5 years having birth registration done ..........................................................,40.6 44.3 NA NA
Children below age 5 years who received birth certificate (out of those registered) ....................,65.9 63.6 NA NA
Personal Habits (age 15 years and above) (%),
Men who use any kind of smokeless tobacco  .............................................................................,74.6 74.2 NA NA
Women who use any kind of smokeless tobacco ........................................................................,59.5 58.9 NA NA
Men who smoke ...........................................................................................................................,56.0 56.4 NA NA
Women who smoke ......................................................................................................................,18.4 18.0 NA NA
Men who consume alcohol ...........................................................................................................,58.4 58.2 NA NA
Women who consume alcohol .....................................................................................................,10.9 9.3 NA NA
9 Children Who were given nothing but breast milk till the survey date  10Acute Respiratory Infections 11Oral Rehydration Solutions/Salts.12Based on,
the women who have heard of HIV/AIDS.13 Last two weeks,