Table 2 Frequency and percentage distribution of independent variables
Variables | Categories (code) | Weighted frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Region | Banjul(0) | 26 (1.1) |
Kanifing(1) | 386 (16.1) | |
Brikama(2) | 961 (40.1) | |
Mansakanko(3) | 121 (5.0) | |
Kerewan(4) | 277 (11.6) | |
Kuntaur (5) | 145 (6.0) | |
Janjanbureh(6) | 176 (7.3) | |
Basse (7) | 308 (12.8) | |
Type of place of residence | Urban (0) | 1518 (63.3) |
Rural (1) | 881 (36.7) | |
Highest educational level of mother | No education (0) | 1139 (47.5) |
Primary education(1) | 424 (17.7) | |
Secondary and above(2) | 836 (34.8) | |
Source of drinking water | Unimproved(0) | 175 (7.3) |
Improved (1) | 2225 (92.7) | |
Religion | Islam (0) | 2375 (99.0) |
Christianity(1) | 24 (1.0) | |
Number of household member | Small (1–4) | 145 (6.0) |
Medium (5–9) | 745 (31.1) | |
Large (10 and more) | 1509 (62.9) | |
Sex of household head | Male(0) | 2037 (84.9 |
Female (1) | 362 (15.1) | |
Ethnicity | Mandinka /Jahanka(0) | 820 (34.2) |
Wollof (1) | 326 (13.6) | |
Jola/karoninka (2) | 214 (8.9) | |
Fula/Tukulur/Lorobo (3) | 455 (19.0) | |
Serere (4) | 61 (2.5) | |
Serahuleh (5) | 201 (8.4) | |
Creole/Aku Marabout (6) | 4 (0.1) | |
Manjago (7) | 12 (0.5) | |
Bambara (8) | 25 (1.0) | |
Other (9) | 12 (0.5) | |
Non-Gambian (10) | 269 (11.2) | |
Age of respondent at 1st birth | Less than 20 | 1266 (52.8) |
20 to 34 | 1133 (47.2) | |
35 and more | 1 (0.0) | |
Anemia level of mother | Not anemic (0) | 1264 (52.7) |
Anemic (1) | 1135 (47.3) | |
Anemia level of children | Not anemic (0) | 1289 (53.7) |
Anemic (1) | 1111 (46.3) | |
Number of under five children in the household | Only one (0) | 385 (16.1) |
2 children (1) | 683 (28.5) | |
3 and more (2) | 1331 (55.5) | |
Husbands educational level | No education (0) | 1311 (54.6) |
Primary education (1) | 517 (21.6) | |
Secondary and above (2) | 571 (23.8) | |
Breastfeeding | No (0) | 1069 (44.5) |
Yes (1) | 1331 (55.5) | |
Wealth index of the household | Poorest (0) | 569 (23.7) |
Poorer (1) | 505 (21.0) | |
Middle (2) | 508 (21.2) | |
Richer (3) | 406 (16.9) | |
Richest (4) | 412 (17.2) | |
Body mass index | Thin (0) | 206 (8.6) |
Normal (1) | 1241 (51.7) | |
Overweight (2) | 952 (39.7) | |
Sex of child | Male (0) | 1269 (52.9) |
Female (1) | 1130 (47.1) | |
Child age in month | 0–11 months (0) | 285 (11.9) |
12–23 months (1) | 575 (24.0) | |
24–35 months(2) | 530 (22.1) | |
36–47 months (3) | 553 (23.1) | |
48–59 months (4) | 457 (19.0) | |
Diarrhea | No (0) | 1927 (80.3) |
Yes (1) | 472 (19.7) | |
Fever | No (0) | 2025 (84.4) |
Yes (1) | 374 (15.6) | |
Cough | No (0) | 1976 (82.4) |
Yes (0) | 423 (17.6) | |
Birth size of children | Small (0) | 349 (14.6) |
Average(1) | 1030 (42.9) | |
Large (2) | 1020 (42.5) | |
Birth type of children | Single birth (0) | 2297 (98.7) |
Multiple birth (1) | 102 (4.3) | |
Birth order of children | First (0) | 367 (15.3) |
Two to three (1) | 858 (35.8) | |
Four to five (2) | 603 (25.1) | |
6 and more (3) | 571 (23.8) |