Variables | Categories | Weighted frequency (n) | Weighted percentage (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic characteristics and health service utilization of the mothers | |||
 Age of women (years) | 15–19 | 46,327 | 24.05 |
20–34 | 96,885 | 50.29 | |
35–49 | 49,440 | 25.66 | |
 Educational attainment of women | No education | 80,195 | 41.63 |
Primary education | 59,819 | 31.05 | |
Secondary and above | 52,639 | 27.32 | |
 Occupation of women | Not working | 57,833 | 30.10 |
Worked | 134,819 | 69.90 | |
 Household family size | 1–4 | 46,630 | 24.2 |
5–10 | 119,501 | 62.03 | |
≥ 11 | 26,521 | 13.77 | |
 Media exposure | No | 70,703 | 36.77 |
Yes | 121,607 | 63.23 | |
 Wealth index | Poorer | 84,006 | 43.61 |
Middle | 38,596 | 20.03 | |
Richer | 70,050 | 36.36 | |
Child related characteristics | |||
 Sex of child | Male | 96,867 | 50.28 |
Female | 95,785 | 49.72 | |
 Age of child | 24–35 months | 48,162 | 33.21 |
36–47 months | 48,936 | 33.74 | |
48–59 months | 47,926 | 33.05 | |
 Vitamin A in the last 6 months | No | 41,037 | 21.3 |
Yes | 151,615 | 78.7 | |
 Diarrhea in 2 weeks | No | 168,979 | 87.71 |
Yes | 23,673 | 12.29 | |
Community-level variables | |||
 Income level of the country | Lower | 126,468 | 65.68 |
Lower middle | 50,948 | 26.46 | |
High middle | 15,128 | 7.86 | |
 Survey year | < 2015 | 94,680 | 49.17 |
≥ 2015 | 97,864 | 50.83 | |
 Residence | Urban | 60,537 | 31.42 |
Rural | 132,116 | 68.58 | |
 Region in SSA | Central Africa | 34,571 | 17.95 |
East Africa | 75,313 | 39.11 | |
West Africa | 78,178 | 40.6 | |
Southern Africa | 4,483 | 2.33 |