Table 1 Association between child mortality and socio-economic, demographic and geographic variables
Variables | Child is alive | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | Yes (%) | |||
Region | Tigray | 355 (13.26%) | 2323 (86.74%) | .000 |
Affar | 343 (17.45%) | 1623 (82.55%) | ||
Amhara | 666 (16.17%) | 3452 (83.83%) | ||
Oromiya | 620 (14.36%) | 3698 (85.64%) | ||
Somali | 232 (14.05%) | 1419 (85.95%) | ||
Benishangul-Gumuz | 496 (20.09%) | 1972 (79.90%) | ||
SNNP | 631 (15.36%) | 3476 (84.64%) | ||
Gambela | 236 (18.32%) | 1052 (81.68%) | ||
Harari | 176 (11.49%) | 1356 (88.51%) | ||
Addis Ababa | 45 (5.46%) | 779 (94.54%) | ||
Dire Dawa | 208 (14.65%) | 1212 (85.35%) | ||
Type of place of residence | Urban | 375 (9.895%) | 3415 (90.11%) | .000 |
Rural | 3633 (16.09%) | 18947 (83.91%) | ||
Religion | Orthodox | 1336 (14.34%) | 7982 (85.66%) | .000 |
Catholic | 46 (14.47%) | 272 (85.53%) | ||
Protestant | 734 (14.53%) | 4319 (85.47%) | ||
Muslim | 1787 (15.94%) | 9423 (84.06%) | ||
Traditional | 40 (22.10%) | 141 (77.90%) | ||
Other | 63 (23.08%) | 210 (76.92%) | ||
Current marital status | Married | 3862 (15.35%) | 21305 (84.66%) | .002 |
Living with partner | 146 (12.14%) | 1057 (87.86%) | ||
Currently pregnant | No or unsure | 3550 (15.05%) | 20031 (84.95%) | .057 |
Yes | 458 (16.42%) | 2331 (83.58%) | ||
Sex of child | Male | 2244 (16.55%) | 11313 (83.45%) | .000 |
Female | 1764 (13.77%) | 11049 (86.24%) | ||
Child is twin | Single birth | 3763 (14.61%) | 21991 (85.39%) | .000 |
1st of multiple | 122 (39.74%) | 185 (60.26%) | ||
2nd of multiple | 122 (39.74%) | 185 (60.26%) | ||
3rd of multiple | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | ||
Time to get water | On the premises | 186 (8.51%) | 1999 (91.49%) | .000 |
1 - 30Â min | 2132 (16.279%) | 10964 (83.72%) | ||
31 - 60Â min | 826 (15.14%) | 4631 (84.86%) | ||
>61Â min | 838 (15.48%) | 4575 (84.52%) | ||
Source of drinking water | Tap water | 805 (12.08%) | 5859 (87.92%) | .000 |
Protected water | 1113 (16.01%) | 5840 (83.99%) | ||
Unprotected water | 2077 (16.48%) | 10525 (83.52%) | ||
Type of cooking fuel | Electricity/gas | 29 (5.49%) | 499 (94.51%) | .000 |
Coal, charcoal/wood | 3638 (15.45%) | 19906 (84.55%) | ||
Straw/animal gung | 329 (15.37%) | 1812 (84.63%) | ||
No food cooked in the house | 12 (7.64%) | 145 (92.36%) | ||
Type of toilet facility | No toilet facility | 1994 (16.28%) | 10252 (83.72%) | .000 |
Toilet with flush/pit latrine | 1851 (14.36%) | 11042 (85.64%) | ||
Other toilet type | 144 (13.52%) | 921 (86.48%) | ||
Main floor material | Earth/sand/dung | 3716 (16.01%) | 19495 (83.99%) | .000 |
Wood | 51 (16.09%) | 266 (83.92%) | ||
Cement | 230 (8.53%) | 2466 (91.47%) | ||
Main roof material | Thatch/leaf/mud | 2206 (16.80%) | 10925 (83.20%) | .000 |
Mat/plastic sheet/wood | 248 (16.78%) | 1230 (83.22%) | ||
Corrugated iron/metal | 1394 (13.19%) | 9172 (86.81%) | ||
Asbestos/cement/concrete | 150 (14.15%) | 910 (85.85%) | ||
Main wall material | Cane/trunk/bamboo | 3742 (15.54%) | 20337 (84.46%) | .000 |
Cement/bricks | 114 (8.32%) | 1255 (91.67%) | ||
Wood planks/shingles | 142 (18.16%) | 640 (81.84%) | ||
Wealth index | Poorest | 2065 (16.7%) | 10294 (83.30%) | .000 |
Middle | 786 (16.11%) | 4093 (83.89%) | ||
Richest | 1157 (12.70%) | 7975 (87.30%) | ||