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. 2020 May 15;10(1):010420. doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.010420

Table 2.

Child, caregiver, and household characteristics comparing slum to non-slum areas (unweighted), household survey, Western Area Urban district, Sierra Leone, 2019

Slum (n = 240)
 Non-slum (n = 220)
Child characteristics
 n or (median)
 (Range) or %
 n or (median)
 (Range) or %
Median age of child in months*
 (24)
 (13-41)
 (25)
 (12-39]
Median birth order
 (2)
 (1-10)
 (2)
 (1-8]
First birth order
 63
 47%
 71
 53%
Sex (female)
 109
 46
 117
 53
Slum (n = 234)
 Non-slum (n = 210)
Caregiver/parent characteristics
 n or (median)
 (Range) or %
 n or (median)
 (Range) or %
Caregiver (respondent) type:
Mother
 210
 90
 186
 89
Father
 4
 2
 0
 0
Grandmother
 14
 6
 17
 8
Grandfather
 0
 0
 1
 <1
Other family member†
 5
 2
 6
 3
Median maternal age
 (26)
 (18-46)
 (26)
 (17-48]
Mother no longer alive
 0
 0
 1
 <1
Maternal marital status:
Married
 156
 67
 134
 64
Living with partner
 39
 17
 24
 11
Divorced/separated or widowed
 7
 3
 6
 2
Never married/never lived with partner
 31
 13
 45
 22
Maternal education status:
Mother never attended school
 73
 32
 35
 17
Mother attended some or completed primary school
 55
 24
 83
 23
Mother completed junior secondary school or higher
 103
 45
 126
 60
Paternal education status:
Father never attended school
 44
 21
 32
 16
Father attended some or completed primary school
 27
 13
 16
 8
Father completed junior secondary school or higher
 136
 66
 146
 75
Maternal religion:
Christian
 50
 21
 80
 38
Muslim
 182
 78
 119
 62
Paternal religion:
Christian
 53
 23
 58
 28
Muslim
 176
 77
 150
 72
Maternal employment:
Petty trader
 156
 67
 113
 54
Private business owner
 14
 6
 25
 12
Unemployed
 27
 12
 43
 21
Student
 8
 3
 12
 6
Medical or health professional
 2
 1
 5
 2
Other (laborer, teacher, government or NGO employee)‡
 26
 12
 11
 5
Paternal employment:
Petty trader
 29
 13
 20
 10
Laborer
 74
 32
 54
 26
Private business owner
 40
 17
 37
 18
Government employee
 18
 8
 26
 12
Public transportation or Okada/Keke driver
 22
 10
 19
 9
Unemployed
 5
 2
 12
 6
NGO employee
 5
 2
 9
 4
Teacher
 3
 1
 7
 3
Other (farmer, medical professional, solider, student)‡
 33
 14
 25
 12
Slum (n = 236)
 Non-slum (n = 207)
Household level characteristics
 n or (median)
 (Range) or %
 n or (median)
 (Range) or %
Median household size
 (5)
 (2-23)
 (5)
 (1-20]
Median number of living children in household (2) (1-8)
 (2) (1-6]

NGO – non-governmental organization

*Age at time of enumeration, calculated from date of birth on the vaccination card. If vaccination card was unavailable, it was calculated from date of birth based on caregiver recall.

†Other family members include: aunt, cousin, niece, nephew, or sibling.

‡Categories with ≤2% were grouped into “Other”.