Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants in 17 SSA countries, 2014–2019

Sex (male)

25,156

50.34

(49.81–50.86)

Age in months

 6–11

5485

10.94

(10.62–11.27)

 12–23

11,422

22.83

(22.39–23.27)

 24–35

10,971

21.79

(21.36–22.23)

 36–47

11,083

22.33

(21.89–22.77)

 48–59

11,114

22.10

(21.67–22.54)

Fever in the last 2 weeks

11,650

23.38

(22.94–23.82)

Diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks

7621

15.47

(15.10–15.85)

Child is stunted

18,970

38.37

(37.86–38.88)

Child is wasted

2761

5.28

(5.04–5.52)

Age of the respondents (years)

 < 25

13,264

26.09

(25.63–26.55)

 25–34

24,503

49.40

(48.87–49.92)

 ≥ 35

12,308

24.52

(24.07–24.97)

Education level of the respondents

 No formal education

18,603

38.21

(37.70–38.73)

 Primary education

18,525

37.00

(36.50–37.51)

 Secondary and above education

12,947

24.78

(24.33–25.23)

Household wealth

 Poorest

13,927

26.26

(25.81–26.71)

 Poorer

11,389

23.63

(23.19–24.07)

 Middle

10,042

20.60

(20.18–21.02)

 Richer

8659

17.85

(17.44–18.26)

 Richest

6058

11.66

(11.31–12.01)

Amount of media exposure

 0

30,887

61.78

(61.26–62.28)

 1

13,436

26.58

(26.12–27.04)

 2

4887

9.82

(9.50–10.13)

 3

865

1.82

(1.67–1.97)

Type of drinking water sources (improved)

32,337

63.96

(63.96–64.47)

Type of sanitation facility (improved)

21,772

42.92

(42.40–43.43)

Place of residence (rural)

38,083

77.10

(76.65–77.56)