Table 1.
Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of study participants in East Africa from 2011 to 2022
| Variable | Weighted frequency | Per cent |
| Individual level variables | ||
| Sex of the child | ||
| Male child | 8965 | 53.2 |
| Female child | 7885 | 46.8 |
| Age of the mother | ||
| 15–19 | 1433 | 8.51 |
| 20–24 | 4715 | 27.98 |
| 25–29 | 4545 | 26.97 |
| 30–34 | 3228 | 19.16 |
| 35–39 | 1965 | 11.66 |
| 40–44 | 757 | 4.49 |
| 45–49 | 206 | 1.22 |
| Marital status | ||
| Never in union | 965 | 5.73 |
| Married/living together | 14 160 | 84.03 |
| Divorced/widowed/separated | 1725 | 10.24 |
| Maternal education | ||
| No formal education | 3666 | 21.76 |
| Primary | 8544 | 50.71 |
| Secondary | 3942 | 23.4 |
| Higher | 697 | 4.14 |
| Father’s education (n=14 164) | ||
| No formal education | 2667 | 18.83 |
| Primary | 6842 | 48.31 |
| Secondary | 3657 | 25.82 |
| Higher | 997 | 7.04 |
| Maternal current working status | ||
| Not employed | 5747 | 34.11 |
| Employed | 11 103 | 65.89 |
| Sex of household head | ||
| Male household head | 12 778 | 75.84 |
| Female household head | 4072 | 24.16 |
| Household wealth status | ||
| Poor | 7778 | 46.16 |
| Middle | 3218 | 19.1 |
| Rich | 5854 | 34.74 |
| Covered by health insurance (n=14 291) | ||
| No | 13 472 | 94.28 |
| Yes | 818 | 5.72 |
| Media exposure | ||
| No | 5959 | 35.36 |
| Yes | 10 891 | 64.64 |
| Community level variables | ||
| Distance to health facility (n=15 498) | ||
| Big problem | 6926 | 44.69 |
| Not a big problem | 8572 | 55.31 |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 3521 | 20.9 |
| Rural | 13 329 | 79.1 |
| Community educational status | ||
| Low | 2996 | 17.78 |
| High | 13 854 | 82.22 |
| Community poverty level | ||
| Low | 7695 | 45.67 |
| High | 9155 | 54.33 |