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Table 1 Description of household characteristics and childhood anaemia in Ghana.

From: Sex of household head and other household determinants of childhood anaemia among households in Ghana: regression analysis of the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey

Childhood anaemia

Household data (weighted sample = 5,799)

Anaemia status

Frequency

Percent

Not Anaemic

4,811

83.0

Anaemic

988

17.0

Anaemia levels

 Severe

18

0.3

 Moderate

463

8.0

 Mild

507

8.7

Household factors

 Sex of Household Head

  Male

3,782

65.2

  Female

2,017

34.8

 Wealth Index

  Poorest

861

14.9

  Poorer

1,046

18.0

  Middle

1,231

21.2

  Richer

1,334

23.0

  Richest

1,326

22.9

 Household toilet facility type

  Improved

4,331

74.7

  Unimproved

1,468

25.3

 Household drinking water source

  Improved

5,381

92.8

  Unimproved

418

7.2

 Age of household head (years)

  20–29

1,070

18.5

  30–39

1,422

24.5

  40–49

1,181

20.4

  50–59

947

16.3

  60–69

642

10.8

  70 + 

555

9.6

 Household cooking fuel

  Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

1,549

26.7

  Charcoal

1,964

33.9

  Fuelwood

2,005

34.6

  Other cooking fuel

281

4.8

 Number of household members

  1–4

3,795

65.4

  5–10

1,897

32.7

  11 + 

106

1.8

 Household bednets ownership

  No bednets

1,509

26.0

  1–3 bednets

3,453

59.5

  4 + bednets

837

14.4

 Household Eco zone of residence

  Coastal/Southern zone

2,210

38.1

  Middle Belt

2,869

49.5

  Northern zone

720

12.4

 Household place of residence

  Urban

2,984

51.5

  Rural

2,815

48.5

 House sprayed against malaria in the past 12 months

  Not sprayed

5,389

92.9

  Sprayed

410

7.1