Individual-and community-level factors associated with anemia among children aged 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 32 sub-Saharan African countries

Table 1 Individual-level characteristics of the study participants in sub-Saharan Africa (n = 51,044)

Variable	Weighted frequency	Percentage (%)
Child sex
Male	25,664	50.3
Female	25,380	49.7
Child age (in months)
6–11	17,357	34.0
12–17	18,212	35.7
18–23	15,475	30.3
Child twin status
Single	49,382	96.7
Multiple	1662	3.3
Maternal age
15–19	4808	9.4
20–29	26,412	51.7
30–29	16,589	32.5
40–49	3235	6.3
Maternal education status
No	18,657	36.6
Primary	18,195	35.6
Secondary	12,828	25.1
Higher	1364	2.7
Child size at birth
Average	24,439	47.9
Smaller than average	17,782	34.8
Larger than average	8823	17.3
Media exposure
No	17,270	33.8
Yes	33,774	66.2
Birth order
1^st	11,359	22.2
2^nd or 3^rd	18,159	35.6
4^th or 5^th	11,493	22.5
Above 6^th	10,043	19.7
Stunting status (n = 49,311)
Normal	33,515	68.0
Moderate	9668	19.6
Severe	6128	12.4
Wasting status (n = 47,916)
Normal	43,060	89.9
Moderate	3467	7.2
Severe	1388	2.9
Underweight status (n = 48,098)
Normal	39,255	81.6
Moderate	6307	13.1
Severe	2536	5.3
Household wealth status
Poorest	11,441	22.4
Poorer	11,069	21.7
Middle	10,498	20.6
Richer	9851	19.3
Richest	8185	16.0
Had a fever in the last two weeks
No	37,094	72.7
Yes	13,950	27.3
Had diarrhea in the last two weeks
No	38,099	79.7
Yes	12,945	25.4
Sex of household head
Male	40,696	79.7
Female	10,348	20.3
Husband's educational status (n = 45,728)
No	15,878	34.7
Primary	14,035	30.7
Secondary	13,042	28.5
Higher	2773	6.1
Preceding birth intervals in months (n = 39,385)
< 24	6260	15.8
24–59	26,920	68.0
≥ 60	6404	16.2
Number of ANC visit
No	6804	13.3
1–3	16,944	33.2
≥ 4	27,296	53.5
Place of delivery
Home	15,048	29.5
Health facility	35,996	70.5

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