Table 1 Summary sample statistics (N = 6,252), end-of-round SMC coverage surveys, 2020−2022
Variable type | Variable category | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Child outcomes | Child fever | Yes | 1418 | 22.68 |
No | 4834 | 77.32 | ||
Child’s access to a health facility if having fever | Yes | 887 | 62.55 | |
No | 531 | 37.45 | ||
Why child did not access health facility | Clinic too expensive | 54 | 10.00 | |
Clinic too far | 211 | 39.70 | ||
Fever considered not serious | 76 | 14.20 | ||
Caregiver preferred alternative treatment | 170 | 32.00 | ||
Any other reason | 20 | 4.00 | ||
Child characteristics | Child’s sex | Male | 3251 | 52.00 |
Female | 3001 | 48.00 | ||
Child’s age | < 1 year | 645 | 10.32 | |
1 year | 1018 | 16.28 | ||
2 years | 1255 | 20.07 | ||
3 years | 1383 | 22.12 | ||
4 years | 1495 | 23.91 | ||
5 years | 456 | 7.29 | ||
Primary caregiver characteristics | Caregiver’s self-reported literacy | Literate | 3305 | 52.86 |
Illiterate | 2947 | 47.14 | ||
Caregiver’s age | < 20 years | 468 | 7.48 | |
20–29 years | 2137 | 34.20 | ||
30–39 years | 2514 | 40.21 | ||
40–49 years | 655 | 10.48 | ||
50–59 years | 254 | 4.06 | ||
≥ 60 years | 224 | 3.58 | ||
Caregiver sex’s | Male | 935 | 14.96 | |
Female | 5317 | 85.04 | ||
Caregiver’s level of education | No or pre-primary education | 2971 | 47.52 | |
Informal or religious education | 63 | 1.01 | ||
Primary school | 1471 | 23.53 | ||
Secondary school | 1572 | 25.14 | ||
Higher education | 175 | 2.80 | ||
Household characteristics | Wealth quintile | 1 (poorest) | 1451 | 23.21 |
2 (poor) | 1268 | 20.28 | ||
3 (middle) | 1402 | 22.42 | ||
4 (richer) | 1034 | 16.54 | ||
5 (richest) | 1099 | 17.58 | ||
Head of household reported literacy | Literate | 2879 | 61.83 | |
Illiterate | 1777 | 38.17 | ||
Nomad status of household | Yes | 579 | 9.26 | |
No | 5671 | 90.74 | ||
Compound visited by community distributor (cycle 4) | Yes | 5854 | 93.36 | |
No | 398 | 6.64 | ||