Table 1 Descriptive statistics of U5M outcome by background characteristics
Characteristics | Under-five mortality | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
No (percent) | Yes (percent) | ||
Maternal age | < 0.001 | ||
15–19 | 93.7 | 6.3 | |
20–34 | 94.6 | 5.4 | |
35–49 | 91.5 | 8.5 | |
Residence | < 0.001 | ||
Urban | 94.3 | 5.7 | |
Rural | 92.4 | 7.6 | |
Region | < 0.001 | ||
North-Central | 94.0 | 6.0 | |
North-East | 92.0 | 8.0 | |
North-West | 89.9 | 10.1 | |
South-East | 94.8 | 5.2 | |
South-South | 95.5 | 4.5 | |
South-West | 96.1 | 3.9 | |
Maternal education | < 0.001 | ||
No education | 91.o | 9.0 | |
Primary | 92.7 | 7.3 | |
Secondary/Higher | 95.4 | 4.6 | |
Employment status of woman | 0.002 | ||
Unemployed | 92.3 | 7.7 | |
Employed/ self-employed | 93.4 | 6.6 | |
Wealth index | < 0.001 | ||
Poor | 91.2 | 8.8 | |
Middle | 93.2 | 6.8 | |
Rich | 95.3 | 4.7 | |
Sex of child | 0.006 | ||
Male | 92.7 | 7.3 | |
Female | 93.5 | 6.5 | |
Childbirth interval | < 0.001 | ||
First birth | 94.0 | 6.0 | |
Less 24 months | 90.6 | 9.4 | |
24 months and over | 93.5 | 6.5 | |
Child is a twin | < 0.001 | ||
Single | 93.5 | 6.5 | |
twin or multiple birth | 74.5 | 25.5 | |
Birth size | < 0.001 | ||
Large | 93.6 | 6.4 | |
Average | 93.1 | 6.9 | |
Small | 91.6 | 8.4 | |
Sex of Head of household | 0.037 | ||
Male | 93.0 | 7.0 | |
Female | 93.8 | 6.2 | |
Age of woman at first birth | < 0.001 | ||
Less than 20 years | 91.8 | 8.2 | |
20–25 years | 94.5 | 5.5 | |
26 + years | 95.7 | 4.3 | |
Children ever born | < 0.001 | ||
1–3 | 94.7 | 5.3 | |
4–5 | 94.5 | 5.5 | |
Over 5 | 89.3 | 10.7 | |
Number of births in last 5 years | 0.049 | ||
0–2 | 93.2 | 6.8 | |
Over 2 | 91.9 | 8.1 | |
Family planning method | < 0.001 | ||
No method | 92.4 | 7.6 | |
Folkloric or traditional method | 96.9 | 3.1 | |
Modern method | 96.4 | 3.6 | |
Place of delivery | 0.573 | ||
Home | 93.0 | 7.0 | |
Health facility | 93.2 | 6.8 | |
Antenatal visits | < 0.001 | ||
None | 91.2 | 8.8 | |
1 | 93.8 | 6.2 | |
2–3 | 93.6 | 6.4 | |
4+ | 93.9 | 6.1 | |
Skilled assistance during delivery | < 0.001 | ||
No | 92.3 | 7.7 | |
Yes | 94.8 | 5.2 | |
Type of toilet facility | < 0.001 | ||
Improved | 95.5 | 4.5 | |
Not improved | 91.8 | 8.2 | |
Major source of drinking water | 0.277 | ||
Improved | 93.6 | 6.4 | |
Not improved | 93.0 | 7.0 | |
Frequency of watching Television | < 0.001 | ||
Less than once a week | 92.2 | 7.8 | |
Once a week or more | 95.4 | 4.6 | |
Frequency of listening to Radio | 0.029 | ||
Less than once a week | 92.9 | 7.1 | |
Once a week or more | 93.6 | 6.4 | |