Characteristic 1996 Survey (6-35 months) 2001 Survey  (6-35 months) 2001 Survey (6 to 59 months) Child's age (in months) P =0.0001 P =0.0001 P =0.0001 6-9 {18.1 44.2 44.2 10-11  72.9 72.9 12-23 34.9 83.4 83.4 24-35 36.6 85.5 85.5 36-47 na  ni 84.4 48-59 na  ni 84.0 Child’s sex P =0.748 P =0.784 P =0.761 Male 32.0 78.1 80.9 Female 32.5 78.5 81.2 Residence P =0.0001 P =0.0001 P =0.002 Urban 18.4 67.9 75.4 Rural 33.2 79.0 81.4 Ecological and development sub-region P =0.0001 P =0.001 P =0.0001 Eastern Mountain 3.8 80.9 80.2 Central Mountain 1.1 78.7 81.2 Western Mountain 15.9 80.2 80.4 Eastern Hill 5.7 79.0 82.0 Central Hill 6.9 75.6 78.8 Western Hill 3.1 81.6 85.8 Mid-western Hill 15.8 83.1 83.1 Far-western Hill 61.5 77.4 77.3 Eastern Terai 49.0 74.3 78.2 Central Terai 49.9 73.4 77.6 Western Terai 71.4 83.2 86.3 Mid-western Terai 52.2 85.2 84.2 Far-western Terai 47.8 83.8 85.6 Mother’s education P =0.004 P =0.351 P  =0.031 No education 33.6 78.1 80.2 Primary 28.1 76.8 83.3 Some secondary 27.2 80.5 83.2 High school and above 20.5 82.9 85.0 Total 32.2 78.3 81.0 (Number of children) (3,385) (3,411) (6,293) Data source: Nepal Family Health Survey 1996 and Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2001 data files (www.measuredhs.com) Note: In some cases, the figures, which are calculated from raw data, may be Χ2 test. NA=Not Available; NI=Not Included

Table 1: Percentage of children ages 6-59 months who received Vitamin A supplementation by selected background characteristics, Nepal, 1996 and 2001.