Table 1.
Distributions of child, mother, household and contextual variables.
| Variable | Weighted n | (%) | Variable | Weighted n | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OM/WC | Employment status | ||||
| Normal | 166,058 | 98 | No | 59,817 | 37 |
| Wasting | 3335 | 2 | Yes | 100,628 | 63 |
| OM/SC | ANC | ||||
| Normal | 156,387 | 92 | No | 12,262 | 10 |
| Stunting | 13,007 | 8 | Yes | 106,281 | 90 |
| OM/UC | PNC | ||||
| Normal | 162,158 | 96 | No | 63,838 | 59 |
| Underweight | 7236 | 4 | Yes | 45,140 | 41 |
| OM/AC | Household characteristics | ||||
| Normal | 148,790 | 88 | Age of household head | ||
| Anemic | 20,604 | 12 | Young adults | 75,105 | 44 |
| TBM | Middle-aged adults | 73,311 | 43 | ||
| Normal | 168,660 | 99 | Old-aged adults | 20,975 | 12 |
| OM/SC/WC/UC and AC | 734 | 1 | Sex of household head | ||
| Child characteristics | Male | 136,212 | 80 | ||
| Age of child | Female | 33,182 | 20 | ||
| 0 | 34,564 | 20 | Household size | ||
| 1 | 35,793 | 21 | Small | 69,944 | 41 |
| 2 | 33,487 | 20 | Medium | 78,415 | 46 |
| 3 | 33,693 | 20 | Large | 21,035 | 12 |
| 4 | 31,856 | 19 | Wealth status | ||
| Sex of child | Poor | 75,261 | 44 | ||
| Male | 85,523 | 50 | Middle | 33,996 | 20 |
| Female | 83,871 | 50 | Rich | 60,136 | 36 |
| Birth order | Access to electricity | ||||
| 1 | 35,347 | 21 | No | 119,345 | 70 |
| 2 | 81,981 | 48 | Yes | 50,032 | 30 |
| 3 and above | 52,065 | 31 | Source of drinking water | ||
| Perceived birth size | Improved | 109,141 | 64 | ||
| Larger than average | 54,853 | 34 | Unimproved | 60,232 | 36 |
| Average | 78,374 | 49 | Type of toilet facility | ||
| Smaller than average | 24,950 | 16 | Improved | 72,110 | 43 |
| Do not know | 2314 | 1 | Unimproved | 97,246 | 57 |
| Mother characteristics | Type of cooking fuel | ||||
| Age of mother | Unclean | 154,729 | 91 | ||
| 15–19 | 9383 | 6 | Clean | 14,648 | 9 |
| 20–24 | 36,523 | 22 | Contextual | ||
| 25–29 | 47,310 | 28 | Urbanicity | ||
| 30–34 | 36,577 | 22 | Urban | 52,513 | 31 |
| 35–49 | 25,071 | 15 | Rural | 116,881 | 69 |
| 40–44 | 11,200 | 7 | Geographic region | ||
| 45–49 | 3330 | 2 | Western Africa | 63,978 | 38 |
| Educational attainment | Eastern Africa | 69,144 | 41 | ||
| No formal | 67,012 | 40 | Central Africa | 32,899 | 19 |
| Primary | 58,079 | 34 | Southern Africa | 3373 | 2 |
| Secondary | 38,671 | 23 | n | 169,394 | |
| Higher | 5633 | 3 |
NB: Obese/overweight Mother and Anaemic Child = OM/AC; Obese/overweight Mother and Stunted Child = OM/SC, obese/overweight mother and wasted child = OM/WC; obese/overweight mother and underweight child = OM/UC; antenatal care = ANC; postnatal care = PNC.