Characteristics/Variables | Categories | Status of infants | |
---|---|---|---|
Event (deaths) (%) | Censored (alive) (%) | ||
A. Distal/Socioeconomic factors | |||
Maternal level of education (N = 2628) | No education | 347 (13.2) | 1229 (46.8) |
Primary | 117 (4.5) | 617 (23.5) | |
Secondary | 32 (1.2) | 190 (7.2) | |
Higher | 6 (0.2) | 90 (3.4) | |
Household wealth (In quintiles) (N = 2628) | Poorest | 219 (8.3) | 757 (28.8) |
Poorer | 92 (3.5) | 347 (13.2) | |
Middle | 62 (2.4) | 292 (11.1) | |
Richer | 64 (2.4) | 261 (9.9) | |
Richest | 65 (2.5) | 469 (17.8) | |
Region (N = 2628) | Tigray | 36 (1.4) | 221 (8.4) |
Afar | 55 (2.1) | 205 (7.8) | |
Amhara | 39 (1.5) | 198 (7.5) | |
Oromia | 68 (2.6) | 333 (12.7) | |
Somali | 95 (3.6) | 303 (11.5) | |
Benishangul | 47 (1.8) | 164 (6.2) | |
SNNPR* | 56 (2.1) | 250 (9.5) | |
Gambela | 33 (1.3) | 126 (4.8) | |
Harari | 32 (1.2) | 124 (4.7) | |
Drie Dawa | 27 (1.0) | 98 (3.7) | |
Addis Ababa | 14 (0.5) | 104 (4.0) | |
Place of residence (N = 2628) | Urban | 60 (2.3) | 430 (16.4) |
Rural | 442 (16.8) | 1696 (64.5) | |
Sex of household head (N = 2628) | Male | 404 (15.4) | 1682 (64.0) |
Female | 98 (3.7) | 444 (16.9) | |
B. Intermediate/Mother’s characteristics | |||
Preceding birth interval (in months) (N = 2057) | < 24 | 160 (7.8) | 312 (15.2) |
24–47 | 159 (7.7) | 886 (43.1) | |
> 47 | 67 (3.3) | 473 (23.0) | |
Maternal age at first birth (in years) (N = 2628) | < 20 | 329 (12.5) | 1254 (47.7) |
20–30 | 165 (6.3) | 851 (32.4) | |
> 30 | 8 (0.3) | 21 (0.8) | |
Birth order (N = 2628) | < 3 | 191 (7.3) | 836 (31.8) |
3–4 | 121 (4.6) | 564 (21.5) | |
> 4 | 190 (7.2) | 726 (27.6) | |
Place of delivery (N = 2628) | Home | 372 (14.2) | 1233 (46.9) |
Health Institution | 130 (4.9) | 893 (34.0) | |
Number of antenatal care visits (N = 2628) | < 4 | 466 (17.7) | 1984 (75.5) |
≥ 4 | 36 (1.4) | 142 (5.4) | |
Smoking cigarettes during pregnancy (N = 2628) | Yes | 493 (18.8) | 2119 (80.6) |
No | 9 (0.3) | 7 (0.3) | |
C. Proximal/child’s characteristics | |||
Plurality (N = 2628) | Single birth | 449 (17.1) | 2079 (79.1) |
Multiple births | 53 (2.0) | 47 (1.8) | |
Size of child at birth (N = 2587) | Very large | 96 (3.7) | 286 (11.1) |
Larger than average | 53 (2.0) | 263 (10.2) | |
Average | 170 (6.6) | 917 (35.4) | |
Smaller than average | 43 (1.7) | 203 (7.8) | |
Very small | 124 (4.8) | 432 (16.7) | |
Sex of child (N = 2628) | Male | 309 (11.8) | 1052 (40.0) |
Female | 193 (7.3) | 1074 (40.9) | |
Infant breastfed status at birth (N = 2498) | Immediately | 264 (10.6) | 1438 (57.6) |
Not immediately | 139 (5.6) | 657 (26.3) |