Descriptive characteristics of children aged 6–59 months in sub-Saharan Africa
| Variable | Frequency (N=129 408) | Percentage (%) |
| Household characteristics | ||
| Household wealth status | ||
| Poor | 57 241 | 44.23 |
| Middle | 26 284 | 20.31 |
| Rich | 45 883 | 35.46 |
| Family size | ||
| 2–4 | 32 386 | 25.03 |
| 4–8 | 67 999 | 52.55 |
| >8 | 29 022 | 22.43 |
| Sex of household head | ||
| Male | 102 528 | 79.23 |
| Female | 26 879 | 20.77 |
| Media exposure | ||
| No | 45 788 | 35.38 |
| Yes | 83 619 | 64.62 |
| Maternal-related characteristics | ||
| Maternal age | ||
| 15–24 | 34 405 | 26.59 |
| 25–34 | 63 163 | 48.81 |
| ≥35 | 31 840 | 24.60 |
| Maternal education | ||
| No formal education | 47 028 | 36.34 |
| Primary | 45 421 | 35.10 |
| Secondary | 32 968 | 25.48 |
| Higher | 3991 | 3.08 |
| Maternal marital status | ||
| Single | 7966 | 6.16 |
| Married/living together | 112 426 | 86.88 |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 9015 | 6.97 |
| Maternal anaemia status | ||
| Anaemic | 59 883 | 46.27 |
| Not anaemic | 69 524 | 53.73 |
| Maternal ANC visit | ||
| No | 7792 | 6.02 |
| 1–3 visits | 28 591 | 22.09 |
| >4 visits | 93 024 | 71.88 |
| Place of delivery | ||
| Home | 40 985 | 31.67 |
| Health facility | 884 223 | 68.33 |
| Child’s characteristics | ||
| Sex of child | ||
| Male | 65 189 | 50.38 |
| Female | 64 218 | 49.62 |
| Age of child (in months) | ||
| 6–23 | 32 916 | 35.51 |
| 24–59 | 59 772 | 64.49 |
| Size of child at birth | ||
| Average | 66 306 | 51.27 |
| Small | 19 653 | 15.20 |
| Large | 43 373 | 33.54 |
| Type of birth | ||
| Single | 125 390 | 96.90 |
| Multiple | 4017 | 3.10 |
| Taking drug for intestinal parasite in the last 6 months | ||
| No | 66 476 | 55.27 |
| Yes | 53 809 | 44.73 |
| Diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks | ||
| No | 108 805 | 84.12 |
| Yes | 20 542 | 15.88 |
| Fever in the last 2 weeks | ||
| No | 100 920 | 78.02 |
| Yes | 28 427 | 21.98 |
| Birth order | ||
| 1–3 | 73 981 | 57.17 |
| 4–6 | 39 118 | 30.23 |
| >6 | 16 309 | 12.60 |
| Underweight status | ||
| Underweight | 8116 | 6.27 |
| Normal | 121 291 | 93.73 |
| Wasting status | ||
| Wasted | 23 052 | 17.81 |
| Normal | 106 354 | 82.19 |
| Stunting status | ||
| Stunted | 46 733 | 36.11 |
| Normal | 82 675 | 63.89 |
| Community-level variables | ||
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 41 796 | 32.30 |
| Rural | 87 612 | 67.70 |
| Sub-Saharan African region | ||
| Central Africa | 27 262 | 21.07 |
| East Africa | 23 766 | 18.36 |
| South Africa | 23 645 | 18.27 |
| West Africa | 54 734 | 42.30 |
ANC, antenatal care.