Table 1 Descriptive statistics with the pooled sample of DHS data from 11 sub-Sahara Africa
Independent Variables | Overall | Negative | Positive | p test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
72999 | 55479 | 17520 | ||
Child’s age (%) | < 0.001 | |||
6–11 | 6908 (11.4) | 5563 (12.5) | 1345 (8.2) | |
12–23 | 13,701 (22.6) | 10,624 (23.9) | 3077 (18.9) | |
24–35 | 13,342 (22.0) | 9775 (22.0) | 3567 (21.9) | |
36–47 | 13,410 (22.1) | 9328 (21.0) | 4082 (25.0) | |
48–59 | 13,348 (22.0) | 9109 (20.5) | 4239 (26.0) | |
Child is female (%) | 30,152 (41.3) | 22,118 (39.9) | 8034 (45.9) | < 0.001 |
Child slept under ITN = Yes (%) | 40,325 (59.4) | 30,354 (59.7) | 9971 (58.4) | 0.002 |
Maternal education (%) | < 0.001 | |||
No education | 23,522 (42.1) | 14,315 (35.0) | 9207 (61.5) | |
Primary | 19,894 (35.6) | 15,831 (38.7) | 4063 (27.2) | |
Secondary and higher | 12,432 (22.3) | 10,739 (26.3) | 1693 (11.3) | |
Female household head (%) | 14,932 (20.5) | 12,165 (21.9) | 2767 (15.8) | < 0.001 |
Household head age (%) | 0.002 | |||
< 25 | 3003 (4.1) | 2281 (4.1) | 722 (4.1) | |
25–34 | 21,174 (29.0) | 16,077 (29.0) | 5097 (29.1) | |
35–44 | 22,946 (31.4) | 17,626 (31.8) | 5320 (30.4) | |
45-max | 25,872 (35.4) | 19,491 (35.1) | 6381 (36.4) | |
Household wealth (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Poorest | 16504 (22.6) | 11088 (20.0) | 5416 (30.9) | |
Poorer | 15157 (20.8) | 10612 (19.1) | 4545 (25.9) | |
Middle | 14682 (20.1) | 10862 (19.6) | 3820 (21.8) | |
Richer | 14240 (19.5) | 11587 (20.9) | 2653 (15.1) | |
Richest | 12416 (17.0) | 11330 (20.4) | 1086 (6.2) | |
Residence = rural (%) | 52175 (71.5) | 37818 (68.2) | 14357 (81.9) | < 0.001 |
Region (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Central Africa | 8186 (11.2) | 6030 (10.9) | 2156 (12.3) | |
Eastern Africa | 33013 (45.2) | 29179 (52.6) | 3834 (21.9) | |
Western Africa | 31800 (43.6) | 20270 (36.5) | 11530 (65.8) | |
Country (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Benin | 5956 (8.2) | 3583 (6.5) | 2373 (13.5) | |
Burkina Faso | 6102 (8.4) | 2138 (3.9) | 3964 (22.6) | |
Burundi | 6924 (9.5) | 5143 (9.3) | 1781 (10.2) | |
Congo Democratic Republic | 8186 (11.2) | 6030 (10.9) | 2156 (12.3) | |
Cote d’Ivoire | 4513 (6.2) | 3775 (6.8) | 738 (4.2) | |
Ghana | 3197 (4.4) | 2215 (4.0) | 982 (5.6) | |
Mozambique | 4898 (6.7) | 3433 (6.2) | 1465 (8.4) | |
Nigeria | 8144 (11.2) | 6208 (11.2) | 1936 (11.1) | |
Rwanda | 11051 (15.1) | 10981 (19.8) | 70 (0.4) | |
Tanzania | 10140 (13.9) | 9622 (17.3) | 518 (3.0) | |
Togo | 3888 (5.3) | 2351 (4.2) | 1537 (8.8) | |