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Table 1 Description of study sample per country

From: Mother–child dyads of overnutrition and undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

Country

Year of survey

Weighted sample

Weighted %

1. Benin

2017–18

5954

4.75

2. Burundi

2016–17

5970

4.77

3. Democratic Republic of the Congo

2013–14

8043

6.42

4. Cameroon

2018

4513

3.60

5. Ethiopia

2016

5052

4.03

6. Ghana

2014

2487

1.99

7. Gambia

2019–20

3371

2.69

8. Guinea

2018

3403

2.72

9. Kenya

2014

8490

6.78

10. Liberia

2019–20

2203

1.76

11. Lesotho

2014

1365

1.09

12. Madagascar

2021

5445

4.35

13. Mali

2018

4617

3.69

14. Mauritania

2019–21

5233

4.18

15. Malawi

2015–16

7624

6.09

16. Nigeria

2018

15,032

12.00

17. Namibia

2013

2032

1.62

18. Rwanda

2019–20

3658

2.92

19. Sierra Leone

2019

4257

3.40

20. Chad

2014–15

8122

6.48

21. Togo

2013–14

2929

2.34

22.Tanzania

2015–16

4418

3.53

23. Uganda

2016

6702

5.35

24. South Africa

2016

1526

1.22

25. Zimbabwe

2015

2834

2.26

All countries

2013–2021

125,280

100.00