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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample population (weighted, N = 26,308)

From: Spatial trends and projections of chronic malnutrition among children under 5 years of age in Ethiopia from 2011 to 2019: a geographically weighted regression analysis

Characteristics

EDHS

2011

n (%)

2016

n (%)

2019

n (%)

Total

n (%)

Sex

    

 Male

5584 (51.3)

5305 (51.1)

2673 (50.6)

13,562 (51)

 Female

5299 (48.7)

5071 (48.9)

2605 (49.4)

12,975 (49)

Age in month

    

 < 6

1078 (9.9)

1108 (10.7)

523 (9.9)

2709 (10.2)

 6–8

580 (5.3)

570 (5.5)

265 (5.0)

1415 (5.3)

 9–11

499 (4.6)

500 (4.8)

228 (4.3)

1227 (4.6)

 12–17

1002 (9.2)

1127 (10.9)

567 (10.7)

2696 (10.3)

 18–23

910 (8.4)

892 (8.6)

471 (8.9)

2273 (8.6)

 24–35

2043 (18.8)

1941 (18.7)

1052 (19.9)

5465 (19.1)

 36–47

2450 (22.5)

2011 (19.4)

1168 (22.1)

5629 (21.3)

 Above 48

2321 (21.3)

2224 (21.4)

1004 (19.0)

5549 (20.6)

Residence

    

 Rural

9541 (87.7)

9245 (89.1)

3941 (74.6)

22,727 (83.8)

 Urban

1342 (12.4)

1131 (10.9)

1338 (25.4)

3793 (24.3)

Mothers educational status

    

 No education

7212 (66.3)

6533 (65.9)

2627 (53.6)

16,372 (61.9)

 Primary

2797 (25.7)

2687 (27.1)

1731 (35.4)

7215 (29.4)

 Secondary

229 (2.1)

471 (4.8)

360 (7.4)

1060 (4.8)

 More than secondary

147 (1.4)

226 (2.3)

179 (3.7)

552 (2.5)

Wealth quintile

    

 Poorest

2452 (22.5)

2391 (23.0)

1188 (22.5)

5961 (22.6)

 Poorer

2385 (21.9)

2415 (23.3)

1168 (22.1)

5968 (22.4)

 Middle

2289 (21.0)

2161 (20.8)

1007 (19.1)

5457 (20.3)

 Richer

2163 (19.9)

1927 (18.6)

940 (17.8)

5030 (18.8)

 Richest

1593 (14.6)

1481 (14.3)

976 (18.5)

4050 (15.8)

Region

    

 Tigray

733 (6.7)

691 (6.6)

361 (6.8)

1785 (6.7)

 Afar

105 (0.9)

98 (0.9)

77 (1.5)

277 (1.1)

 Amhara

2324 (21.4)

2086 (20.1)

1001 (19)

5411 (20.2)

 Oromiya

4723 (43.4)

4491 (43.3)

2134 (40.4)

11,348 (36.2)

 Somali

278 (2.6)

417 (4.0)

359 (6.8)

1054 (4.5)

 Benishangul-Gumuz

123 (1.1)

106 (1.0)

62 (1.2)

291 (3.3)

 SNNP

2311 (21.3)

2188 (21.1)

1078 (20.4)

5577 (20.9)

 Gambella

33 (0.3)

23 (0.22)

21 (0.4)

77 (0.3)

 Harari

23 (0.2)

20 (0.2)

16 (0.3)

59 (0.23)

 Addis Ababa

194 (1.8)

215 (2.1)

144 (2.7)

553 (2.2)

 Dire Dawa

35 (0.3)

40 (0.4)

26 (0.5)

100 (0.4)

 Total (n)

n = 10,883

n = 10,376

n = 5278