Determinants of Under-Five Child Mortality in Ethiopia: Analysis Using Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, 2016

Table 1

Socioeconomic, biodemographic, environmental, and maternal health care variables determining U5CM in Ethiopia, 2016.

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Place of residence	Urban	1974	18.6
	Rural	8667	81.4
Mother’s educational level	No education	6838	64.3
	Primary	2678	25.2
	Secondary	734	6.9
	Higher	391	3.7
Source of drinking water	Piped	3133	29.4
	Spring	2442	22.9
	Tube well water and others	5066	47.6
Availability of toilet facility	With facility	5966	56.1
	No facility	4675	43.9
Religion	Orthodox	3082	29
	Muslim	5442	51.1
	Protestant	1862	17.5
	Others	255	2.4
Wealth index	Poor	6059	56.9
	Middle	1693	15.9
	Rich	2889	27.2
Current contraceptive method	Yes	2753	25.9
	No	7888	74.1
Currently breastfeeding	Yes	3821	35.9
	No	6820	64.1
Type of birth	Multiple	278	2.6
	Single	10,363	97.4
Sex of child	Male	5483	51.5
	Female	5158	48.5
Place of delivery	Home	7155	67.2
	Public facility	3023	28.4
	Private and other facilities	463	4.4
Current marital status	Currently married	9903	93.1
	Currently not married	738	6.9
Mother’s age at birth	15–19	404	3.8
	20–29	5332	50.1
	30–39	4057	38.1
	40–49	848	8
Birth order number	1	2167	20.4
	2–4	4661	43.8
	5+	3813	35.8
Number of visits	1	6338	59.6
	2–3	3591	33.7
	4+	712	6.7
Family size	1–5	4780	44.9
	6+	5861	55.1
Region	Tigray	1033	9.7
	Affar	1062	10
	Amhara	977	9.2
	Oromiya	1581	14.9
	Somali	1505	14.2
	Benishangul-Gumuz	879	8.3
	SNNP	1277	12
	Gambela	714	6.7
	Harari	605	5.7
	Addis Ababa	461	4.3
	Dare Dawa	547	5.1