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. 2022 Jul 1;9:894552. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.894552

TABLE 1.

Sample size determination of inadequate minimum dietary diversity intake and factors associated with it among children aged 6–23 months in each sub-Saharan Africa country: based on 2010–2020 DHS.

Sub-Saharan Africa Countries with Recent DHS report from 2010/11 to
2019/20
Regions Countries Standard
inadequate MDD sample size (n)
DHS year Un
weighted
Weighted Percentage (%)
East Africa
countries
Burundi 2016/17 3,958 4,078 5.24
Comoros 2012 727 728 0.94
Ethiopia 2016 2,806 2,983 3.83
Kenya 2014 2,822 2,610 3.35
Malawi 2015/16 4,594 4,611 5.92
Mozambique 2015 3,158 3,312 4.25
Rwanda 2019/2020 1,133 1,159 1.49
Tanzania 2015/16 3,124 3,071 3.94
Uganda 2016 4,344 4,282 5.5
Zambia 2018 2,825 2,756 1.06
Zimbabwe 2015 1,531 1,584 3.54
Subtotal 31,022 31,175 40.03
Angola 2015/16 3,962 3,659 4.7
Cameroon 2018 2,635 2,739 3.52
Central Africa countries Chad 2014/15 2,791 2,878 3.69
DR Congo 2013/14 2,572 2,495 3.2
Congo 2011/12 1,063 1,339 1.72
Gabon 2012 1,122 875 1.12
Subtotal 14,586 13,984 17.95
Benin 2017/18 3,913 3,917 5.03
Burkina Faso 2011 2,080 2,100 2.7
Ivory Coast 2011/12 1,095 1,090 1.4
Gambia 2019/20 1,160 1,134 1.46
Ghana 2014 879 864 1.11
West Africa
countries
Guinea 2018 1,892 1,846 2.37
Liberia 2019/20 1,513 1,342 1.72
Mali 2018 2,723 2,872 3.69
Niger 2012 1,523 1,588 2.04
Nigeria 2018 9,084 9,167 11.77
Senegal 2019 1,349 1,262 1.62
Sierra Leone 2019 2,648 2,626 3.37
Togo 2013/14 1,063 1,037 1.33
Subtotal 30,922 30,842 39.60
Southern Africa
countries
Lesotho 2014 468 463 3.37
Namibia 2013 644 596 0.76
South Africa 2016 841 825 2.03
Subtotal 1,953 1,885 2.42
Total sample size 78,483 77,887 100%