Table 1 Weighted Number of Study Participants by Sociodemographic Characteristics 2008 & 2013
Weighted number of study partipcipants by sociodemographic charactetristics 2008 | Weighted number of study partipcipants by sociodemographic charactetristics 2013 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Background characteristics | ANC 2008 Freq (n = 3346) | Percent (%) | PLOD 2008 Freq (n = 4053) | Percent (%) | PNC 2008 Freq (n = 3504) | Percent (%) | ANC 2013 Freq (n = 7478) | Percent (%) | PLOD 2013 Freq (n = 8625) | Percent | PNC 2013 Freq (n = 7971) | Percent (%) |
Wealth Index | ||||||||||||
Poorest | 721 | 22 | 885 | 22 | 665 | 19 | 1667 | 22 | 1901 | 22 | 1663 | 21 |
Poorer | 707 | 21 | 849 | 21 | 623 | 18 | 1524 | 20 | 1809 | 21 | 1550 | 19 |
Middle | 748 | 22 | 893 | 22 | 690 | 19 | 1556 | 21 | 1797 | 20 | 1527 | 19 |
Richer | 629 | 19 | 793 | 19 | 798 | 23 | 1491 | 20 | 1694 | 20 | 1849 | 23 |
Richest | 541 | 16 | 683 | 16 | 728 | 21 | 1240 | 17 | 1447 | 17 | 1382 | 17 |
Education level | ||||||||||||
None | 2510 | 75 | 3051 | 74 | 2441 | 70 | 4920 | 66 | 5768 | 67 | 5233 | 66 |
Primary | 411 | 12 | 515 | 13 | 497 | 14 | 1079 | 14 | 1203 | 14 | 1085 | 14 |
Secondary | 386 | 12 | 482 | 12 | 515 | 14 | 1374 | 18 | 1559 | 18 | 1540 | 19 |
Higher | 39 | 01 | 55 | 01 | 51 | 02 | 105 | 01 | 117 | 01 | 114 | 01 |
Occupation | ||||||||||||
Yes | 2577 | 77 | 3122 | 77 | 2585 | 74 | 5596 | 75 | 6476 | 75 | 5791 | 73 |
No | 769 | 23 | 950 | 23 | 919 | 26 | 1882 | 25 | 2148 | 25 | 2181 | 27 |
Residence | ||||||||||||
Urban | 1036 | 32 | 1183 | 29 | 1267 | 36 | 2075 | 28 | 2387 | 28 | 2586 | 32 |
Rural | 3238 | 68 | 2920 | 71 | 2236 | 64 | 5404 | 72 | 6260 | 72 | 5385 | 68 |
Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
Temne,Loko, & Limba | 1589 | 48 | 1898 | 46 | 1369 | 39 | 3283 | 44 | 3724 | 43 | 3211 | 40 |
Mende, Sherbro & Kono | 1192 | 36 | 1512 | 37 | 1598 | 46 | 3156 | 42 | 3714 | 43 | 3460 | 43 |
Others Sierra Leonean & Foreign | 565 | 17 | 687 | 17 | 536 | 15 | 1039 | 14 | 1183 | 14 | 1300 | 17 |
Religion | ||||||||||||
Christianity | 636 | 19 | 794 | 19 | 883 | 25 | 1388 | 19 | 1590 | 18 | 1581 | 20 |
Islam | 2667 | 80 | 3247 | 79 | 2593 | 74 | 6067 | 81 | 7005 | 81 | 6372 | 80 |
Others | 43 | 01 | 50 | 01 | 27 | 01 | 24 | 0.3 | 25 | 0.3 | 18 | 0.2 |
Mother’s age | ||||||||||||
19–15 | 270 | 08 | 330 | 08 | 290 | 08 | 751 | 10 | 859 | 10 | 824 | 10 |
24–20 | 664 | 20 | 804 | 20 | 722 | 08 | 1527 | 20 | 1773 | 21 | 1683 | 21 |
29–25 | 953 | 29 | 1213 | 30 | 1018 | 21 | 1853 | 25 | 2142 | 25 | 1945 | 24 |
34–30 | 579 | 17 | 704 | 17 | 614 | 29 | 1421 | 19 | 1644 | 19 | 1493 | 19 |
39–35 | 559 | 17 | 673 | 16 | 553 | 16 | 1152 | 15 | 1354 | 16 | 1250 | 16 |
40–44 | 209 | 06 | 251 | 06 | 208 | 06 | 485 | 07 | 554 | 06 | 491 | 06 |
45–49 | 111 | 03 | 127 | 03 | 98 | 03 | 290 | 04 | 322 | 04 | 285 | 04 |
Siblings | ||||||||||||
None | 707 | 21 | 871 | 21 | 737 | 21 | 1811 | 24 | 2112 | 24 | 1948 | 24 |
1–4 | 1863 | 56 | 2269 | 56 | 1935 | 55 | 3631 | 50 | 4166 | 49 | 3835 | 49 |
> 4 | 776 | 23 | 96 | 23 | 832 | 24 | 2036 | 26 | 2369 | 27 | 2188 | 27 |