Table 1 Characteristics of women and their infants under the age of two in twenty-three Sub-Saharan African countries, based on pooled data
Variables | Unweighted | Weighted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | N | % | ||
Age | 15–19 | 3328 | 3205 | 8.7 |
20–29 | 18,707 | 18,641 | 50.8 | |
30–39 | 12,290 | 12,348 | 33.6 | |
40–49 | 2554 | 2509 | 6.8 | |
Currently in union | Not in union | 5041 | 4925 | 13.4 |
In union | 31,838 | 31,778 | 86.6 | |
Type of place of residence | Urban | 11,288 | 11,740 | 32.0 |
Rural | 25,591 | 24,963 | 68.0 | |
Highest educational level | No education | 13,289 | 12,867 | 35.1 |
Primary | 12,902 | 13,021 | 35.5 | |
Secondary | 9581 | 9616 | 26.2 | |
Higher | 1106 | 1198 | 3.3 | |
Wealth index | Poorest | 9406 | 8282 | 22.6 |
Poorer | 8131 | 7969 | 21.7 | |
Middle | 7542 | 7517 | 20.5 | |
Richer | 6345 | 6895 | 18.8 | |
Richest | 5455 | 6041 | 16.5 | |
Number of ANC visits | None | 3220 | 3217 | 8.8 |
< 4 | 12,021 | 11,878 | 32.4 | |
> = 4 | 21,171 | 21,144 | 57.6 | |
don't know/missing | 467 | 464 | 1.3 | |
Improved Water Source | unimproved/surface water | 11,039 | 10,546 | 29.7 |
improved water | 24,730 | 24,973 | 70.3 | |
Sex of infant | Male | 18,667 | 18,534 | 50.5 |
Female | 18,212 | 18,169 | 49.5 | |
Infant's age in monthsa | 14 | 14 | 5.0 | |
Stunted | Yes | 10,976 | 10,973 | 29.9 |
Severe stunted | Yes | 3852 | 3882 | 10.6 |
Childhood anemia | Yes | 27,542 | 27,285 | 74.3 |
Childhood severe anemia | Yes | 1217 | 1184 | 3.2 |
Low birth weight | Yes | 6055 | 5960 | 16.4 |