Table 2 Percentage of under-five children according to ARI symptoms status, maternal and child characteristics, Nigeria, 2003–2013
Variables | 2003 (n = 5445) | 2008 (n = 24,975) | 2013 (n = 28,950) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All children | Children with ARI symptoms | All children | Children with ARI symptoms | All children | Children with ARI symptoms | |
ARI symptoms | 550 (10.3) | 1159 (4.6) | 1095 (3.8) | |||
Maternal characteristics | ||||||
Age of mother | ||||||
< 20 | 6.9 | 9.9 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 5.6 |
20–29 | 51.4 | 54.5 | 48.1 | 53.2 | 47.8 | 50.8 |
30–39 | 32.9 | 28.0 | 36.6 | 31.1 | 37.5 | 32.1 |
> = 40 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 11.5 |
Education | ||||||
None | 50.0 | 53.6 | 45.4 | 47.8 | 48.2 | 44.5 |
Primary | 23.6 | 26.0 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 19.2 | 23.5 |
Secondary/higher | 26.4 | 20.4 | 31.3 | 28.5 | 32.6 | 31.9 |
Occupation | ||||||
Not working | 34.8 | 33.4 | 30.7 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 30.9 |
Professional/services | 5.0 | 3.8 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 8.1 |
Sales | 38.9 | 43.1 | 33.5 | 28.2 | 39.2 | 30.2 |
Agriculture/manual | 21.2 | 19.7 | 28.2 | 36.8 | 22.7 | 30.8 |
Child characteristics | ||||||
Age (months) | ||||||
0–11 | 24.9 | 35.0 | 22.9 | 24.2 | 21.6 | 24.7 |
12–23 | 18.7 | 21.4 | 19.8 | 28.1 | 20.4 | 29.3 |
24–35 | 19.6 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 19.5 | 19 | 21.1 |
> = 36 | 36.8 | 24.8 | 38.7 | 28.2 | 39.1 | 24.9 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 50.8 | 51.7 | 50.5 | 51.2 | 50.1 | 50.5 |
Female | 49.2 | 48.3 | 49.5 | 48.8 | 49.9 | 49.5 |
Birth order | ||||||
1 | 20.3 | 22.4 | 19.3 | 21.0 | 19.4 | 17.1 |
2–3 | 31.7 | 30.5 | 33.7 | 32.4 | 32.8 | 31.4 |
4–5 | 22.3 | 24.4 | 23.7 | 21.2 | 23.7 | 22.3 |
6+ | 25.8 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 29.1 |
Chronic malnutrition | ||||||
Yes | 31.5 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 34.9 | 33.1 | 33.6 |
No | 68.5 | 71.2 | 69.4 | 65.1 | 66.9 | 66.4 |