Table 1 Trends in minimum dietary diversity proportion among children aged 6–23 months by different dimensions in Sierra Leone, 2013–2019
2013 (13.4%) | 2019 (25.1%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimension | Estimate | NSample | Estimate | NSample |
Age | ||||
6–8 months | 5.0 | 606 | 8.1 | 482 |
9–11 months | 10.6 | 513 | 21.2 | 425 |
12–17 months | 16.1 | 1238 | 32.2 | 1026 |
18–23 months | 17.6 | 788 | 28.5 | 689 |
Household wealth quintile | ||||
Quintile 1 (poorest) | 8.8 | 746 | 19.7 | 616 |
Quintile 2 | 11.3 | 672 | 25.3 | 573 |
Quintile 3 | 11.1 | 673 | 24.8 | 533 |
Quintile 4 | 15.0 | 601 | 29.1 | 489 |
Quintile 5 (richest) | 25.1 | 454 | 28.1 | 411 |
Education | ||||
No education | 11.8 | 2052 | 23.8 | 1374 |
Primary education | 16.7 | 459 | 22.3 | 430 |
Secondary education | 15.8 | 598 | 26.7 | 742 |
Higher education | 24.2 | 35 | 44.5 | 76 |
Place of residence | ||||
Rural | 11.1 | 2352 | 23.7 | 1719 |
Urban | 20.0 | 794 | 27.5 | 903 |
Sex of child | ||||
Female | 14.5 | 1596 | 27 | 1303 |
Male | 12.3 | 1549 | 23.2 | 1319 |
Province | ||||
Eastern | 8.5 | 746 | 11.1 | 573 |
Northern | 11.3 | 1845 | 24.7 | 517 |
Northwestern | NA | NA | 29.2 | 491 |
Southern | 26.7 | 554 | 29.6 | 557 |
Western | NA | NA | 32.5 | 483 |