Table 1 Distribution of under-five children by selected background characteristics
Background characteristics | Category | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex of child | Male | 3,870 | 50.7 |
Female | 3,762 | 49.3 | |
Age of child | < 1 | 1,502 | 19.7 |
1 | 1,441 | 18.9 | |
2 | 1,502 | 19.7 | |
3 | 1,608 | 21.1 | |
4 | 1,579 | 20.7 | |
Anaemia status | Not anaemic | 3,691 | 48.4 |
Anaemic | 3,939 | 51.6 | |
Sex of HH head | Male | 5,478 | 71.8 |
Female | 2,152 | 28.2 | |
Wealth index | Poor | 4,385 | 57.5 |
Middle | 1,227 | 16.1 | |
Rich | 2,018 | 26.5 | |
Has electricity | No | 4,921 | 64.5 |
Yes | 2,709 | 35.5 | |
Has bed net | No | 964 | 12.6 |
Yes | 6,666 | 87.4 | |
HH size | Below 5 | 1,750 | 22.9 |
5 & above | 5,880 | 77.1 | |
Residence | Urban | 1,453 | 19.0 |
Rural | 5,516 | 72.3 | |
Refugee | 661 | 8.7 | |
HH sprayed | No | 6,601 | 86.5 |
Yes | 989 | 13.0 | |
Don’t know | 40 | 0.5 | |
Mother’s education | No education | 1,354 | 21.3 |
Primary | 3,647 | 57.4 | |
Secondary & above | 1,355 | 21.3 |