Table 3 Comparison of the original sample and selected sample
From: Optimum maternal healthcare service utilization and infant mortality in Ethiopia
Variable | Selected sample | Original sample | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infant mortality | Infant mortality | |||
Yes (n = 246) | No (n = 7344) | Yes (n = 495) | No (n = 10,528) | |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 181 (73.6) | 3759 (51.2) | 325 (65.7) | 5400 (51.3) |
 Female | 65 (24.4) | 3585 (48.8) | 170 (34.3) | 5128 (48.7) |
Types of births | ||||
 Singleton | 213 (86.6) | 7257 (98.8) | 458 (92.5) | 10,419 (99.0) |
 Multiple | 33 (13.4) | 87 (1.2) | 37 (7.5) | 109 (1.0) |
Birth size | ||||
 Above average | 86 (35.0) | 2313 (31.5) | 163 (33.0) | 3323 (32.6) |
 Average | 78 (31.7) | 3069 (41.8) | 172 (34.7) | 4488 (42.6) |
 Below average | 82 (33.3) | 1962 (26.7) | 160 (32.3) | 2717 (25.8) |
Birth interval | ||||
 First birth | 38 (15.4) | 1408 (19.2) | 93 (18.8) | 1977 (18.8) |
  < 24 months | 56 (22.8) | 1020 (13.9) | 151 (30.5) | 1891 (18.0) |
 24–59 months | 118 (48.0) | 3857 (52.5) | 193 (39.0) | 5552 (52.7) |
  ≥ 60 months | 34 (13.8) | 1057 (14.4) | 58 (11.7) | 1208 (11.5) |
Maternal age | ||||
 15–24 | 58 (23.6) | 1747 (23.8) | 114 (23.0) | 2332 (22.2) |
 25–34 | 110 (44.7) | 3716 (50.6) | 249 (50.3) | 5593 (53.1) |
 35–49 | 78 (31.7) | 1881 (25.6) | 132 (26.7) | 2603 (24.7) |
Maternal education | ||||
 No education | 161 (65.4) | 4630 (63.0) | 341 (68.9) | 6943 (65.9) |
 Primary education | 67 (27.2) | 2082 (28.3) | 122 (24.6) | 2829 (26.9) |
 Secondary education and above | 18 (7.3) | 632 (8.6) | 32 (6.5) | 756 (7.2) |
Wealth index | ||||
 Poor | 107 (43.5) | 3199 (43.6) | 218 (44.0) | 4939 (46.9) |
 Middle | 46 (18.7) | 1542 (21.0) | 98 (19.8) | 2182 (20.7) |
 Rich | 93 (37.8) | 2603 (35.4) | 179 (36.2) | 3408 (32.4) |
Residence | ||||
 Urban | 22 (8.9) | 947 (12.9) | 51 (10.3) | 1165 (11.1) |
 Rural | 224 (91.1) | 6397 (87.1) | 444 (89.7) | 9364 (88.9) |
Access to media | ||||
 No access | 138 (56.1) | 4832 (65.8) | 292 (59.0) | 7084 (67.3) |
 Less than once a week | 55 (22.4) | 1080 (14.7) | 102 (20.6) | 1537 (14.6) |
 At least once a week | 54 (22.0) | 1432 (19.5) | 101 (20.4) | 1907 (18.1) |
Contextual region | ||||
 Agrarian | 225 (91.5) | 6793 (92.5) | 449 (90.7) | 9660 (91.8) |
 Pastoralist | 16 (6.5) | 24 (4.4) | 36 (7.3) | 587 (5.6) |
 City dweller | 5 (2.0) | 227 (3.1) | 10 (2.0) | 281 (2.7) |