Malawi | Tanzania | Zambia | |||||||
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n | % | Mean (SD) | n | % | Mean (SD) | n | % | Mean (SD) | |
Child | |||||||||
Age (months) | 1878 | – | 11.9 (7.1) | 3184 | – | 12.2 (7.1) | 3879 | – | 12.1 (7.0) |
Sex | |||||||||
Male | 949/1878 | 50.5 | 1597/3184 | 50.2 | 1973/3879 | 50.9 | |||
Female | 929/1878 | 49.5 | 1587/3184 | 49.8 | 1906/3879 | 49.1 | |||
Stunting | 620/1834 | 33.8 | 793/2426 | 32.7 | 1355/3758 | 36.1 | |||
Underweight | 184/1834 | 10.0 | 346/2426 | 14.3 | 484/3758 | 12.9 | |||
Wasting | 58/1834 | 3.2 | 136/2426 | 5.6 | 263/3758 | 7.0 | |||
Diarrhea (in last 2 weeks) | 511/1396 | 36.6 | 524/2426 | 21.6 | 829/3758 | 22.1 | |||
Fever (in last 2 weeks) | 505/1396 | 36.2 | 549/2426 | 22.6 | 902/3753 | 24.0 | |||
Maternal | |||||||||
Age (years) | 1878 | – | 26.8 (6.4) | 3184 | – | 28.2 (6.7) | 3879 | – | 27.9 (6.5) |
Number of antenatal visits | 1835 | – | 3.8 (4.2) | 3058 | – | 3.7 (4.4) | 3741 | – | 4.2 (7.4) |
Education | |||||||||
No education | 225/1878 | 11.9 | 658/3184 | 20.7 | 455/3879 | 11.7 | |||
Primary education | 1283/1878 | 68.3 | 2092/3184 | 65.7 | 2288/3879 | 59.0 | |||
Secondary education or higher | 370/1878 | 19.7 | 434/3184 | 13.6 | 1136/3879 | 29.3 | |||
Marital status | |||||||||
Married | 1564/1873 | 83.5 | 2058/3184 | 64.6 | 3545/3865 | 91.7 | |||
Living with partner | 139/1873 | 7.4 | 859/3184 | 27.0 | 27/3865 | 0.7 | |||
Widowed/divorced/separated | 170/1873 | 9.1 | 267/3184 | 8.4 | 293/3865 | 7.6 | |||
Occupation | |||||||||
Not working outside the home | 548/1873 | 29.3 | 615/3184 | 19.3 | 1603/3865 | 41.5 | |||
Working outside the home | 1325/1873 | 70.7 | 2569/3184 | 80.7 | 2262/3865 | 58.5 | |||
Wealth | |||||||||
Poorest/poorer | 950/1873 | 50.7 | 787/3184 | 24.7 | 2075/3865 | 53.7 | |||
Middle | 371/1873 | 19.8 | 633/3184 | 19.9 | 741/3865 | 19.2 | |||
Richer/richest | 552/1873 | 29.5 | 1764/3184 | 55.4 | 1049/3865 | 27.1 | |||
Believed beating was justified | 299/1873 | 16.0 | 1986/3184 | 62.4 | 2070/3865 | 53.6 | |||
Fear of partner | |||||||||
Never | 808/1873 | 43.1 | 1768/3184 | 55.5 | 1796/3865 | 46.5 | |||
Sometimes | 714/1873 | 38.1 | 919/3184 | 28.9 | 1441/3865 | 37.3 | |||
Most of the time | 351/1873 | 18.8 | 497/3184 | 15.6 | 628/3865 | 16.2 | |||
Partner/Spouse | |||||||||
Age | 1682 | 32.3(9.4) | 2913 | 35.2(9.1) | 3410 | 33.8 (7.9) | |||
Education | |||||||||
No education | 158/1682 | 9.4 | 412/2913 | 14.2 | 270/3758 | 7.2 | |||
Primary education | 953/1682 | 56.7 | 2008/2913 | 68.9 | 1640/3758 | 43.7 | |||
Secondary education or higher | 571/1682 | 33.9 | 493/2913 | 16.9 | 1848/3758 | 49.1 | |||
Occupation | |||||||||
Not working | 140/1682 | 8.3 | 26/2913 | 0.9 | 59/3758 | 1.6 | |||
Technical and managerial | 245/1682 | 14.6 | 140/2913 | 4.8 | 808/3758 | 21.5 | |||
Agriculture | 665/1682 | 39.5 | 1652/2913 | 56.7 | 2116/3758 | 56.3 | |||
Services, manual labor, and other | 632/1682 | 37.6 | 1095/2913 | 37.6 | 775/3758 | 20.6 | |||
Physically hurt by wife/partner | 65/1682 | 3.9 | 53/2913 | 1.8 | 236/3757 | 6.3 |