Incidence and predictors of under-five mortality in East Africa using multilevel Weibull regression modeling

Table 2 The maternal obstetric and child related characteristics of the study participants in East Africa

Variables	Weighted frequency	Percentage (%)
Child age (in months)
< 12	27,400	19.7
12–36	78,409	56.5
37–60	32,994	23.8
Sex of child
Male	70,206	50.6
Female	68,597	49.4
Birth outcome
Single	134,388	96.8
Multiple	4415	3.2
Birth size
Large	40,812	29.4
Average	64,315	46.3
Small	33,676	24.3
Birth order
First	32,654	23.5
2–4	66,883	48.2
≥ 5	39,266	28.3
Place of delivery
Home	38,005	27.4
Health facility	100,798	72.6
Mode of delivery
Vaginal	130,518	94.0
Caesarean delivery	8285	6.0
Women health care decision making autonomy
Respondent alone	84,970	18.6
Jointly with their husband/parent	55,653	40.1
Husband/parent alone	57,402	41.3
Distance to health facility
A big problem	84,970	61.2
Not a big problem	53,833	38.8
Unwanted pregnancy
No	82,691	59.6
Yes	56,112	40.4
Number of ANC visit
No	6127	4.4
1–3	39,791	28.7
≥ 4	92,885	66.9
Preceding birth interval (in months)
< 24	18,963	13.7
24–48	58,591	42.2
≥ 49	61,249	44.1
Weight/age
Normal	126,731	91.3
Moderately underweight	9089	6.6
Severely underweight	2983	2.2
Height/age
Normal	107,654	77.6
Moderately stunted	19,032	13.7
Severely stunted	12,117	8.7
Weight/height
Normal	134,523	96.9
Moderately wasted	3044	2.2
Severely wasted	1236	0.9

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