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Table 2 General characteristics of the study population: community variables

From: Individual and community determinants of neonatal mortality in Ghana: a multilevel analysis

  

Neonatal death

 

Number (%)

Yes

No

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total N (%)

Community-level determinants

    

Place of residence

    

 Rural

4,793 (70)

198 (4)

4,595 (96)

4,793 (100)

 Urban

2,043 (30)

74 (4)

1,969 (96)

2,043 (100)

Illiterate

    

 No education

3,880 (57)

159 (4)

3,721 (96)

3,880 (100)

 Educated

2,956 (43)

113 (4)

2,843 (96)

2,956 (100)

Unemployment

    

 Employed

689 (10)

27 (4)

662 (96)

689 (100)

 Unemployed

6,147 (90)

245 (4)

5,902 (96)

6,147 (100)

Poverty

    

 lowest 20%

2,174 (33)

84 (4)

2,174 (96)

2,258 (100)

 Above 20%

4,578 (67)

188 (4)

4,390 (4)

4,578 (100)