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Table 1 Summary of literature: Variables and supporting research articles

From: Cherish your children: socio-economic and demographic characteristics associated with child mortality

Variable

Research Papers

Child Mortality

AM Veneman [2], U Iram and S Butt Muhammad [14], JR Khan and N Awan [21], T Houweling, C Ronsmans, O Campbell and A Kunst [9], J Trussell and C Hammerslough [7], S Rajindrajith, S Mettananda, D Adihetti, R Goonawardana and NN Devanarayana [10].

Socio-economic Characteristics

 Place of Residence

O Ezeh, K Agho, M Dibley, J Hall and A Page [4], SK Gaisie [29], A Genowska, J Jamiolkowski, K Szafraniec, U Stepaniak, A Szpak and A Pajak [30], IN Abu, IA Madu and CK Ajaero [31] H Yanıkkaya and S SelİM [13].

 Income

L Mogford [5], W Kaberuka, A Mugarura, J Tindyebwa and D Bishop [15], MS Durkin, LL Davidson, L Kuhn, P O’Connor and B Barlow [32], S Ssewanyana and SD Younger [33], M Kimani [34], J Caldwell and P McDonald [28], C Nyamuranga and J Shin [35].

 Household Head’s Education Level

AM Veneman [2], M Kimani [34], W Kaberuka, A Mugarura, J Tindyebwa and D Bishop [15],J Trussell and C Hammerslough [7], RK Stella Lartey, Shingo Takahashi [36], MNI Mondal, MK Hossain and K Ali [20], M Babayara and B Addo [12], PJ Kembo and J Ginneken [17], U Iram and S Butt Muhammad [14], S Rajindrajith, S Mettananda, D Adihetti, R Goonawardana and NN Devanarayana [10].

 Sources of Drinking Water

Y Shiferaw, M Zinabu and T Abera [37], O Ezeh, K Agho, M Dibley, J Hall and A Page [4], UR Saha and A van Soest [38], S Rabbani and A Qayyum [16].

 Available Toilet Facilities

PW Stephens [39], PJ Kembo and J Ginneken [17], W Kaberuka, A Mugarura, J Tindyebwa and D Bishop [15].

 Household Head’s Employability Status

CO Odimegwu, EO Olamijuwon, VH Chisumpa, JO Akinyemi, MG Singini and OD Somefun [40], J Akinyemi, B Solanke and C Odimegwu [41], V Tripathi and R Singh [42], MNI Mondal, MK Hossain and K Ali [20].

Demographic Characteristics

 Household Head’s Age

U Iram and S Butt Muhammad [14], MNI Mondal, MK Hossain and K Ali [20], PJ Kembo and J Ginneken [17], RA Bello and AI Joseph [43], O Ezeh, K Agho, M Dibley, J Hall and A Page [4], Y Shiferaw, M Zinabu and T Abera [37], IN Abu, IA Madu and CK Ajaero [31], YB Okwaraji, S Cousens, Y Berhane, K Mulholland and K Edmond [44], J Trussell and C Hammerslough [7].

 Religion

FV Poppel, J Schellekens and AC Liefbroer [45], JR Khan and N Awan [21], A Pandey [23], C Pörtner, F Tarp and J Kovsted [22], C Mutunga [46], R Apunda [24].

 Ethnicity

CG Victora, AJD Barros, C Blumenberg, JC Costa, LP Vidaletti, FC Wehrmeister, B Masquelier, L Hug and D You [25], TWJ Schulpen, JE van Steenbergen and HF van Driel [26], M Brockerhoff and PC Hewet [47], SA Adedini, C Odimegwu, ENS Imasiku and DN Ononokpono [27].

  1. Source: Authors’ compilation