Anaemia and associated factors among children aged 6–59 months during the post-ebola period in Sierra Leone: a national cross-sectional survey- 2019

Table 1 Background characteristics of children aged 6–59 months during the post-Ebola period in Sierra Leone tested for aneamia

Characteristics	N = 3459	Percentages
Mother’s Parity
Less than 5	2452	70.9
5 and above	1007	29.1
Rural Residence	2301	66.5
Region
Western	581	16.8
Northwest	510	14.7
Eastern	815	23.6
Southern	829	24.0
North	725	21.0
Household size
Less than 6	1347	39.0
6 and above	2111	61.0
Working mothers	2783	80.5
Married mothers	2976	86.0
Mother’s education Level
Tertiary	95	2.7
Secondary Education	913	26.4
Primary Education	576	16.6
No Education	1875	54.2
Wealth Index
Richest	502	14.5
Richer	607	17.6
Middle	705	20.4
Poorer	764	22.1
Poorest	880	25.5
Mother’s age
15–24	924	26.7
25–34	1633	47.2
35–49	902	26.1
Age of child
6–36 months	2042	59.0
37–59 months	1417	41.0
Anaemic mothers (53 missing data)	1661	48.0
Mothers pregnant	245	7.1
Male Head Household	2646	76.5
Male children	1741	50.3
With recent fever history N	637 148	18.4
Recent diarrhea	257	7.4
Recent URTI	500	14.4
Recent deworming (6 months)	2209	63.9
Underweight	687	20.2
Stunting	853	25.1
Wasting	165	4.8
Children with Anaemia	2382	68.9

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