Determinants of Under-Five Mortality in High Mortality Regions of Ethiopia: An Analysis of the 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey Data

Table 1

Description of socioeconomic, demographic, and environment related covariates.

Number	Description and name	Notation	Categories
(1)	Sex of child	SEX	1 = male, 2 = female
(2)	Type of birth	BTYPE	0 = single birth, 1 = multiple births
(3)	Mother’s age at first birth of child	MAGEB	0 = 16 years, 1 = >16 years
(4)	Family size	FSIZE	0 = 1–3 members, 1 = 4–6 members, 2 = 7 members
(5)	Breastfeeding status	BFDINGS	0 = no, 1 = yes
(6)	Preceding birth interval	PBITVAL	0 = 2 years, 1 = 2-3 years, 2 = 3 years
(7)	Mother’s education	MEDU	0 = no education, 1 = primary and above
(8)	Father’s education	FEDU	0 = no education, 1 = primary and above
(9)	Area of residence	ARISD	1 = urban, 2 = rural
(10)	Marital status	MSTAT	0 = married, 1 = not married
(11)	Income of mother relative to her husband	MINCOM	0 = more than husband, 1 = less than husband
(12)	Source of drinking water	SDWTR	0 = pipe, 1 = others