Table 1 Individual-level characteristics by iron-rich food consumption among children aged 6–23 months, SLDHS 2019, Sierra Leone (n ranges from 2156 to 2622)

Household wealth-index

 Poor

20.84

24.49

45.33

1,189

 Middle

9.19

11.15

20.34

533

 Rich

16.59

17.74

34.33

900

Household family size

 Greater than 5

27.91

33.58

61.49

1,612

 Less than or equal to five

18.7

19.8

38.51

1,010

Sex of household head

 Male

35.42

41.12

76.54

2,007

 Female

11.2

12.26

23.46

615

Mother age in Year

 15–19

4.93

4.99

9.92

260

 20–34

31.15

37.1

68.25

1,790

 35–49

10.54

11.29

21.83

572

Occupation status

 Not working

10.49

9.69

20.18

529

 Working

36.13

43.69

79.82

2,093

Education level

 Low

32.04

36.77

68.81

1,804

 High

14.58

16.62

31.19

818

Exposure to either of the three media at least once a week

 No

35.45

37.92

73.37

1,924

 Yes

11.17

15.46

26.63

698

Religion^a

 Christian

9.64

11.73

21.38

560

 Islam

36.95

41.68

78.62

2,060

Ever used the internet

 No

42.73

48.91

91.64

2,403

 Yes

3.89

4.47

8.36

219

Husband occupation^a

 Not working

2.81

1.96

4.78

105

 Working

42.95

52.28

95.22

2,100

Husband attended secondary education and above^a

 No

28.72

34.78

63.5

1,369

 Yes

16.75

19.76

36.5

787

Child age in months

 6–11

25.61

8.97

34.58

907

 12–17

14.23

24.9

39.13

1,026

 18–23

6.78

19.51

26.29

689

Sex of child

 Male

23.86

26.44

50.3

1,319

 Female

22.76

26.94

49.7

1,303

Birth order

 1

11.32

11.99

23.3

611

 2–4

23.96

26.98

50.94

1,336

  >  = 5

11.34

14.42

25.76

675

Currently breastfeeding

 No

6.93

17.93

24.87

652

 Yes

39.68

35.45

75.13

1,970

A Child with minimum acceptable diet

 No

45.96

44.42

90.39

2,370

 Yes

0.65

8.96

9.61

252

A child took drug for intestinal parasite^a

 No

26.02

19.02

45.04

1,179

 Yes

20.63

34.33

54.96

1,439

A child had fever in last two weeks

 No

37.75

41.03

78.78

2,066

 Yes

8.86

12.36

21.22

556

A child had diarrhea last two weeks

 No

42.2

47.74

89.93

2,358

 Yes

4.42

5.65

10.07

264

A child had Short, rapid breaths^a

 No

43.98

50.19

94.17

2,466

 Yes

2.6

3.23

5.83

153

Distance to health facility

 Big problem

22.27

27.52

49.79

1,306

 Not a big problem

24.35

25.86

50.21

1,316

Attended 4 + ANC visits

 No

12.34

8.76

21.1

553

 Yes

34.28

44.62

78.9

2,069

Attended ANC in the first trimester of pregnancy

 No

25.14

30.81

55.95

1,467

 Yes

21.48

22.58

44.05

1,155

Place of delivery

 Non-health facility

5.88

8.27

14.16

371

 Health facility

40.74

45.11

85.84

2,251

New born postnatal check in the first 2 days

 No

40.93

46.06

86.99

2,281

 Yes

5.69

7.32

13.01

341