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Table 1 Maternal and socio-economic background characteristics of the study respondents' recent EMDHS 2019, 2021

From: Determinants of under-five mortality in Ethiopia using the recent 2019 Ethiopian demographic and health survey data: nested shared frailty survival analysis

Variables

Categories

Frequency (n)

Unweighted, n (%)

Weighted, n (%)

Maternal age

15–19

297 (5.15)

263 (4.75)

20–34

4,653 (80.61)

4455 (80.41)

35–49

822 (14.24)

822 (14.83)

Mother’s age at birth

 ≥ 20 years

4881 (84.56)

4791 (86.47)

 ≤ 19 years

891 (15.44)

749 (13.53)

Marital status

Not union

31 (0.54)

22 (0.41)

Union

5741 (99.46)

5518 (99.59)

Mother educational status

No education

3169 (54.90)

2982 (53.82)

Primary

1823 (31.58)

1950 (35.19)

Secondary and above

780 (13.51)

609 (10.59)

Residence

Urban

1328 (23.01)

1367 (24.67)

Rural

4444 (76.99)

4173 (75.33)

Head of household

Male

4618 (80.01)

4792 (86.49)

Female

1154 (19.99)

748 (13.51)

Wealth status

Poor

2976 (51.56)

2539 (45.84)

Middle

803 (13.91)

1037 (18.72)

Rich

1993 (34.53)

1963 (35.44)

Latrine facility

Flush latrine

319 (5.53)

256 (4.56)

VIP / traditional latrine

2952 (51.14)

3370 (60.82)

No latrine

250 (43.33)

1915 (34.56)

Water source

Improved

801 (13.88)

634 (11.44)

Unimproved

4971 (86.12)

6906 (88.56)

Total

5772

5540