Table 2.
Characteristics of children aged 6–59 months who received vitamin A supplementation (VAS), by demographic and socio-economic characteristics, in twenty-three sub-Saharan African countries, 2011–2015, using pooled cross-sectional data from Demographic and Health Surveys
| Total* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | % | VAS coverage (%)† |
| Mother’s age (years) | |||
| 15–19 | 11 901 | 5·5 | 53·6 |
| 20–24 | 46 091 | 21·4 | 57·4 |
| 25–29 | 60 193 | 27·9 | 59·9 |
| 30–34 | 45 867 | 21·3 | 61·4 |
| ≥35 | 51 459 | 23·9 | 60·0 |
| Mother’s educational status | |||
| No education | 94 316 | 43·8 | 46·9 |
| Primary | 66 778 | 31·0 | 65·6 |
| Secondary or above | 54 392 | 25·2 | 69·3 |
| Mother’s occupational status | |||
| Not working | 70 261 | 34·5 | 54·5 |
| Working | 133 447 | 65·5 | 60·7 |
| Type of place of residence | |||
| Urban | 69 230 | 32·1 | 65·7 |
| Rural | 146 281 | 67·9 | 56·2 |
| Mass media exposure score | |||
| 0 | 74 590 | 34·8 | 49·2 |
| 1–3 | 96 788 | 45·2 | 62·2 |
| 4 or above | 42 928 | 20·0 | 68·9 |
| Sex of household head | |||
| Male | 172 816 | 80·2 | 57·8 |
| Female | 42 695 | 19·8 | 67·0 |
| Marital status | |||
| Never in a union/formerly in a union | 25 722 | 11·9 | 67·1 |
| Currently in union/living with a man | 189 789 | 88·1 | 58·6 |
| Sex of child | |||
| Male | 108 288 | 50·2 | 59·5 |
| Female | 107 223 | 49·8 | 59·4 |
| Age of child (months) | |||
| 6–11 | 26 268 | 12·2 | 54·1 |
| 12–23 | 48 305 | 22·4 | 63·9 |
| 24–35 | 46 935 | 21·8 | 60·9 |
| 36–47 | 48 436 | 22·5 | 58·6 |
| 48–59 | 45 567 | 21·1 | 57·1 |
*
Unweighted case numbers and percentages.
†
Based on pooled sample weights, derived from women’s individual weights and population size of women aged 15–49 years for respective countries.