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. 2023 Oct 19;22:317. doi: 10.1186/s12936-023-04756-3

Table 1.

Distribution of under-five children by selected background characteristics

Background characteristics Category Count Percent
Sex of child Male 3,870 50.7
Female 3,762 49.3
Age of child  < 1 1,502 19.7
1 1,441 18.9
2 1,502 19.7
3 1,608 21.1
4 1,579 20.7
Anaemia status Not anaemic 3,691 48.4
Anaemic 3,939 51.6
Sex of HH head Male 5,478 71.8
Female 2,152 28.2
Wealth index Poor 4,385 57.5
Middle 1,227 16.1
Rich 2,018 26.5
Has electricity No 4,921 64.5
Yes 2,709 35.5
Has bed net No 964 12.6
Yes 6,666 87.4
HH size Below 5 1,750 22.9
5 & above 5,880 77.1
Residence Urban 1,453 19.0
Rural 5,516 72.3
Refugee 661 8.7
HH sprayed No 6,601 86.5
Yes 989 13.0
Don’t know 40 0.5
Mother’s education No education 1,354 21.3
Primary 3,647 57.4
Secondary & above 1,355 21.3