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

Table 3

Result of log-rank test of equality of survival distribution for the different categorical covariates.

Covariates	Chi-square	df	value
Preceding birth interval	72.531	2	0.000
Family size	31.205	2	0.000
Type of birth	38.874	1	0.000
Breastfeeding status	10.719	1	0.001
Source of drinking water	9.445	1	0.002
Mother’s education	6.185	1	0.013
Income of mother	3.989	1	0.046
Area of residence	3.243	1	0.072
Father’s education	2.017	1	0.156
Marital status	1.644	1	0.200
Mother’s age at first birth	1.598	1	0.206
Sex of child	0.001	1	0.972