Table 1 Individual level factors of sociodemographic characteristics of study participants on MDD intake among mothers and 6–23 months old children in Gambia, GDHS 2019/20, (n = 2100)
Variables | MDD intake | Total, n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | ||
Maternal age in years | |||
15–24 | 451 (83.63) | 88 (16.37) | 539 (25.66) |
25–34 | 889 (78.97) | 237 (21.03) | 1126 (53.63) |
35–49 | 335 (77.13) | 100 (22.87) | 435 (20.72) |
Maternal education | |||
No formal education | 786 (83.59) | 154 (16.41) | 940 (44.77) |
Primary | 321 (77.11) | 95 (22.89) | 416 (19.84) |
Secondary | 512 (77.85) | 145 (22.15) | 657 (31.30) |
Higher | 57 (65.85) | 29 (34.15) | 86 (4.09) |
Marital status | |||
Not married | 104 (79.46) | 27 (20.54) | 131 (6.21) |
Married | 1571 (79.80) | 398 (20.20) | 1969 (93.79) |
Wealth index | |||
Poorest | 403 (85.33) | 69 (14.67) | 472 (22.50) |
Poorer | 368 (83.94) | 70 (16.06) | 438 (20.88) |
Middle | 335 (74.87) | 112 (25.13) | 447 (21.29) |
Richer | 314 (77.07) | 94 (22.93) | 408 (19.41) |
Richest | 255 (76.36) | 79 (23.64) | 334 (15.92) |
Currently working | |||
No | 870 (84.99) | 154 (15.01) | 1023 (48.73) |
Yes | 806 (74.84) | 271 (25.16) | 107 (51.27) |
ANC follow up | |||
Less than four | 309 (77.57) | 89 (22.43) | 398 (18.97) |
Four and above | 1366 (80.30) | 335 (19.70) | 1702 (81.03) |
Place of delivery | |||
Home | 202 (79.78) | 51 (20.22) | 253 (12.07) |
Health facility | 1473 (79.78) | 373 (20.22) | 1846 (87.93) |
Currently breastfeeding status | |||
No | 299 (81.46) | 68 (18.54) | 367 (17.45) |
Yes | 1376 (79.43) | 357 (20.57) | 1733 (82.55) |
Postnatal checkup after 02 months | |||
No | 727 (78.45) | 200 (21.55) | 926 (44.14) |
Yes | 948 (80.85) | 224 (19.15) | 1172 (55.86) |
Family size | |||
2–6 | 318 (81.58) | 72 (18.42) | 390 (18.54) |
7–10 | 390 (78.19) | 109 (21.81) | 498 (23.73) |
More than 10 | 968 (79.86) | 244 (20.14) | 1212 (57.73) |
Sex of the household head | |||
Male | 1440 (80.11) | 358 (19.89) | 1798 (85.61) |
Female | 235 (77.86) | 67 (22.14) | 302 (14.39) |
Reading to magazine/newspaper | |||
No | 1646 (80.33) | 403 (19.67) | 2049 (97.61) |
Yes | 29 (57.46) | 22 (42.54) | 51 (2.39) |
Watching to television | |||
No | 834 (80.36) | 204 (19.64) | 1038 (49.46) |
Yes | 841 (79.22) | 221 (20.78) | 1062 (50.54) |
Listing to radio | |||
No | 1035 (80.52) | 250 (19.48) | 1285 (61.21) |
Yes | 641 (78.62) | 174 (21.38) | 815 (38.79) |
Child birth weight | |||
Large | 730 (79.16) | 192 (20.84) | 922 (43.92) |
Average | 675 (80.53) | 163 (19.47) | 838 (39.93) |
Small | 270 (79.63) | 69 (20.37) | 339 (16.15) |
Sex of the child | |||
Male | 867 (79.24) | 227 (20.76) | 1094 (52.11) |
Female | 808 (80.37) | 197 (19.63) | 1006 (47.89) |
Birth order | |||
First | 346 (81.01) | 81 (18.99) | 428 (20.36) |
2nd and 3rd | 602 (79.59) | 154 (20.41) | 756 (35.99) |
4th and above | 727 (79.36) | 189 (20.64) | 916 (43.64) |
Twin status | |||
No | 1636 (79.51) | 422 (20.49) | 2058 (98.02) |
Yes | 39 (93.47) | 3 (6.53) | 42 (1.98) |
Number of under five children | |||
0–2 | 741 (78.06) | 209 (21.94) | 950 (45.24) |
More than 02 | 934 (81.21) | 216 (18.79) | 1150 (54.76) |
Child age in months | |||
6–11 | 669 (92.20) | 57 (7.80) | 726 (34.58) |
12–17 | 584 (74.66) | 198 (25.34) | 782 (37.23) |
18–23 | 422 (71.32) | 170 (28.68) | 592 (28.20) |