Vitamin A Supplementation among Children

The outcome variable of this study was vitamin A supplementation among children aged 6–35 in the last 6 months (yes/no). The independent variables were individual-level variables such as the age of the child, age of the mother, sex of the child, sex of household head, religion, marital status, mother's education, husband's education, wealth status, working status, birth order, parity, possession of radio, possession of a television, number of under-five children in the household, place of delivery of the child, mothers having ANC, and mothers having postnatal care. The community-level variables were residence and region. A region in this study was classified into five Oromia, Amhara, Southern Nation Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Tigray, and others. The ‘others' region contains Addis Ababa, Somalia, Afar, Dire Dawa, Benishangul, and Gambella due to their low number of eligible participants for this study. The questionnaire of the survey was pretested and 2 days of training were given to the data collectors and supervisors before the onset of actual data collection.