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Table 1 Health and socio-economic characteristics among children 6-24 months 1

From: Distribution and determinants of young child feeding practices in the East African region: demographic health survey data analysis from 2008-2011

 

Kenya

 

Uganda

 

Tanzania

 
 

Estimate

SE

Estimate

SE

Estimate

SE

Children’s age, mo (mean)

14.19

0.20

14.66

0.23

14.29

0.13

Age category, mo (%)

      

6 - 8 mo

19.55

1.25

17.48

1.61

16.73

0.97

9 - 11 mo

16.45

1.29

16.12

1.57

17.63

1.09

12 - 17 mo

31.94

1.56

31.36

1.87

33.87

1.24

18 - 24 mo

32.07

1.66

35.04

2.09

31.77

1.09

Birth order (mean)

3.47

0.09

4.32

0.12

3.70

0.06

Child’s sex: male (%)

51.39

1.59

47.48

2.14

48.91

1.25

Breast-feeding (%)

81.68

1.31

76.68

1.83

84.24

1.00

Diarrhea (%)

29.00

1.69

39.27

2.08

23.31

1.26

Cough (%)

32.01

2.04

54.10

2.27

27.59

1.33

Household head sex: male (%)

72.97

1.67

76.99

1.99

83.02

0.99

Mother married (%)

83.92

1.46

87.09

1.53

84.66

0.97

Mother’s education (%)

      

Preschool/none

11.99

1.67

11.23

1.25

25.16

1.56

Primary school

63.66

2.06

66.89

2.05

67.14

1.50

At least secondary school

24.34

1.83

21.87

1.85

7.70

0.79

Working mother (%)

57.11

1.99

73.93

2.30

86.83

0.90

Wealth Index (%)

      

First quintile

22.87

1.88

22.49

1.99

22.19

1.32

Second quintile

20.76

1.66

21.86

1.87

24.00

1.22

Third quintile

18.20

1.65

20.48

1.77

20.67

1.17

Fourth quintile

18.38

1.94

18.91

1.76

18.05

1.46

Fifth quintile

19.78

2.72

16.26

1.55

15.09

1.33

Mother’s age, years (mean)

27.18

0.22

28.05

0.30

27.97

0.18

Household size (mean)

5.95

0.14

6.15

0.13

6.96

0.18

Urban residence (%)

20.41

2.11

12.38

1.54

20.37

1.40

Prenatal care visits (mean)

3.58

0.08

3.59

0.08

6.97

0.18

At least 4 PNC visits (%)

47.11

2.00

48.62

2.32

42.29

1.36

Immunization (%)

49.49

2.04

32.55

2.31

43.46

1.62

Received vitamin A (%)

73.89

1.74

63.19

2.19

66.32

1.46

Used modern contraceptives (%)

36.19

1.71

27.22

2.01

28.39

1.29

Minimum meal frequency (%)

67.31

2.13

39.59

2.26

34.83

1.41

  1. SE: standard error; mo: month; PNC: prenatal care.
  2. 1n = 1668 in Kenya, 701 in Uganda and 2247 in Tanzania.