Table 2.

Infant characteristics of SSA countries using the recent DHS 2010 to 2018, 2020

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n)		Unweighted percentage
		Unweighted	Weighted
Infant sex	Male	48,471	48,076	51.69
	Female	45,294	44,901	48.31
Plurality	Single	88,605	87,882	94.50
	Multiple	5160	5095	5.50
Preceding birth interval	≥ 24 months	59,480	58,989	81.58
	18–23 months	8586	8356	11.78
	<  18 months	4848	4727	6.65
Birth order	≤ three	52,202	52,380	55.67
	≥ four	41,563	40,597	44.33
Birth size at birth	Smaller than average	16,921	16,797	19.54
	Average	39,310	39,067	45.40
	Larger than average	30,356	30,148	35.06
Duration of breastfeeding	Never breastfed	26,947	26,836	28.74
	Still breastfeeding	66,818	66,141	71.26
Breastfeeding at birth	Not-immediately	56,278	55,455	60.02
	Immediately	37,487	37,522	39.98
ANC visits	No ANC	23,791	23,369	25.37
	At least one ANC	69,974	69,608	74.63
Place of delivery	Health facilities	57,416	57,714	63.13
	Home delivery	33,533	32,459	36.87
Mode of delivery	SVD	88,980	87,970	94.90
	Cesarean section	4785	5006	5.10
Total		93,765	92,977	100