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 |