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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Vitamin A supplementation coverage and associated factors for children aged 6 to 59 months in integrated and campaign-based delivery systems in four sub-Saharan African countries

 

Mozambique

N = 1659

Senegal

N = 7254

Sierra Leone

N = 4149

Tanzania

N = 3281

Area

Rural

Urban

1375 (82.9)

284 (17.1)

5824 (80.3)

1430 (19.7)

2801 (67.5)

1348 (32.5)

1798 (54.8)

1483 (45.2)

Child sex

Female

Male

842 (50.8)

817 (49.2)

3493 (48.2)

3761 (51.8)

2042 (49.2)

2107 (50.8)

1565 (47.7)

1716 (52.3)

Child age

6–11 months

12–23 months

24–59 months

206 (12.4)

380 (22.9)

1073 (64.7)

915 (12.6)

1732 (23.9)

4607 (63.5)

370 (8.9)

995 (24.0)

2784 (67.1)

352 (10.7)

804 (24.5)

2125 (64.8)

Mother’s age

15–19 years

20–29 years

30–39 years

≥ 40 years

80 (7.6)

637 (60.5)

270 (25.6)

66 (6.3)

353 (5.2)

3631 (53.1)

2402 (35.1)

455 (6.7)

N/A

64 (2.4)

1350 (50.9)

959 (36.1)

280 (10.6)

Mother’s education

None

Primary

Secondary or higher

457 (37.8)

539 (44.6)

213 (17.6)

4968 (72.6)

1099 (16.1)

774 (11.3)

N/A

348 (13.1)

1781 (67.1)

525 (19.8)

Household wealth

Very poor

Poor

Medium

Rich

Very rich

84 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

891 (53.7)

338 (20.4)

346 (20.9)

1418 (19.5)

1458 (20.1)

1424 (19.6)

1482 (20.4)

1472 (20.3)

463 (13.2)

610 (17.3)

0 (0.0)

1147 (32.6)

1298 (36.9)

726 (22.1)

727 (22.2)

642 (19.6)

603 (18.4)

583 (17.8)

  1. Mother’s age and education were not available for Sierra Leone