Table 2 Community-level characteristics by iron-rich food consumption among children aged 6–23 months, SLDHS 2019, Sierra Leone (N = 2622)

Type of place of residence

 Urban

17.05

17.4

34.45

903

 Rural

29.57

35.98

65.55

1,719

Region

 Eastern

13.28

8.59

21.87

573

 Northern

8.64

11.09

19.73

517

 Northwestern

6.53

12.21

18.74

491

 Southern

9.33

11.93

21.26

557

 Western

8.84

9.57

18.41

483

Community distance to a health facility

 A big problem

25.16

28.42

53.59

1,405

 Not a big problem

21.45

24.96

46.41

1,217

Community ANC coverage

 lower community ANC

9.8

8.84

18.64

489

 higher community ANC

36.82

44.54

81.36

2,133

Community maternal education level

 lower community maternal education

22.4

25.79

48.19

1,264

 higher community maternal education

24.21

27.59

51.81

1,358

Community poverty level

 lower community poverty

24.54

27.92

52.46

1,376

 higher community poverty

22.08

25.46

47.54

1,246

Community media exposure

 lower community media exposure

24.66

25.63

50.29

1,319

 higher community media exposure

21.96

27.75

49.71

1,303