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

Table 2

Summary of some important socioeconomic, demographic, and environmental characteristics of children in four selected regions of Ethiopia, 2011.

Covariates	Category	Censored	Death	Death percent	Total
Child’s sex	1 (male)	869	184	17.5	1053
	2 (female)	862	182	17.4	1044
Mother’s age at first birth	0 (16)	775	176	18.5	951
	1 (>16)	956	190	16.6	1146
Breastfeeding status	0 (no)	932	233	20.0	1165
	1 (yes)	799	133	14.3	932
Mother’s education	0 (no education)	1314	301	18.6	1615
	1 (primary and above)	417	65	13.5	482
Father’s education	0 (no education)	1000	227	18.5	1227
	1 (primary and above)	731	139	16.0	870
Marital status	0 (married)	1670	349	17.3	2019
	1 (others)	61	17	22.0	78
Preceding birth interval	0 (2 years)	574	204	26.0	778
	1 (2-3 years)	535	103	16.0	638
	2 (3 years)	622	59	9.0	681
Area of residence	1 (urban)	362	59	14.0	421
	2 (rural)	1369	307	18.3	1676
Type of birth	0 (single birth)	1668	329	16.5	1997
	1 (multiple births)	63	37	37.0	100
Income of mother	0 (more than husband)	291	76	21.0	367
	1 (less than husband)	1440	290	17.0	1730
Source of drinking water	0 (pipe)	344	46	12.0	390
	1 (others)	1387	320	18.7	1707
Family size	0 (1–3)	852	130	13.2	982
	1 (4–6)	775	193	19.9	968
	2 (7)	104	43	29.2	147