Table 2 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of children under 5 years for whom care was sought—2011 DHS and 2015 IMASIDA
Characteristics | 2011 DHS (n = 1432) | 2015 IMASIDA (n = 1529) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Sought care (%) | Lower confidence | Upper confidence | n | Sought care (%) | Lower confidence | Upper confidence | |
Child’s age in months | ||||||||
< 6 | 97 | 63.9 | 52.7 | 73.7 | 101 | 67.5 | 56.1 | 77.1 |
6–11 | 212 | 71.7 | 63.2 | 78.9 | 182 | 67.1 | 58.3 | 74.8 |
12–23 | 394 | 61.4 | 54.9 | 67.4 | 394 | 63.4 | 57.1 | 69.2 |
24–35 | 298 | 59.5 | 52.5 | 66.2 | 325 | 65.1 | 57.4 | 72.0 |
36–47 | 237 | 62.2 | 53.8 | 70.0 | 294 | 62.0 | 53.9 | 69.5 |
48–59 | 193 | 60.2 | 50.1 | 69.5 | 224 | 59.4 | 50.2 | 68.0 |
Missing data | 1 | 0.1% | 9 | 0.6% | ||||
Sex of child | ||||||||
Male | 734 | 61.3 | 56.6 | 65.9 | 771 | 62.6 | 56.6 | 68.3 |
Female | 699 | 64.0 | 59.4 | 68.3 | 758 | 64.7 | 59.5 | 69.7 |
Place of residence | ||||||||
Urban | 377 | 75.0 | 69.8 | 79.7 | 305 | 74.9 | 68.4 | 80.4 |
Rural | 1055 | 58.2 | 53.8 | 62.5 | 1224 | 60.9 | 55.6 | 65.9 |
Region | ||||||||
Northern | ||||||||
Niassa | 75 | 52.2 | 39.4 | 64.8 | 106 | 51.7 | 42.4 | 60.9 |
Cabo Delgado | 135 | 33.5 | 24.4 | 44.1 | 102 | 62.2 | 52.2 | 71.3 |
Nampula | 210 | 86.2 | 75.0 | 92.8 | 459 | 64.2 | 53.9 | 73.4 |
Central | ||||||||
Zambézia | 362 | 56.6 | 49.4 | 63.5 | 37 | 58.5 | 48.2 | 68.0 |
Tete | 175 | 54.4 | 43.5 | 64.8 | 65 | 63.7 | 41.3 | 81.3 |
Manica | 99 | 59.3 | 45.3 | 71.9 | 72 | 68.3 | 59.6 | 75.9 |
Sofala | 170 | 76.7 | 68.7 | 83.2 | 110 | 69.9 | 58.1 | 79.6 |
Southern | ||||||||
Inhambane | 49 | 65.8 | 53.2 | 76.5 | 52 | 77.8 | 64.4 | 87.1 |
Gaza | 60 | 71.4 | 62.0 | 79.3 | 113 | 73.5 | 61.8 | 82.7 |
Maputo Province | 58 | 68.9 | 57.7 | 78.2 | 32 | 76.7 | 63.6 | 86.2 |
Maputo City | 38 | 69.3 | 54.8 | 80.8 | 43 | 60.2 | 45.8 | 73.0 |
Wealth index | ||||||||
Poorest | 355 | 56.8 | 49.0 | 64.3 | 398 | 53.9 | 46.0 | 61.7 |
Poorer | 338 | 49.6 | 41.9 | 57.3 | 395 | 63.7 | 54.8 | 71.8 |
Middle | 284 | 66.4 | 60.2 | 72.0 | 323 | 63.3 | 56.3 | 69.7 |
Richer | 262 | 76.2 | 70.6 | 81.0 | 257 | 73.8 | 67.2 | 79.5 |
Richest | 194 | 72.2 | 64.0 | 79.2 | 155 | 72.7 | 64.4 | 79.6 |
Total | 1432 | 62.6 | 59.0 | 66.1 | 1529 | 63.7 | 59.3 | 67.8 |