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Table 2 Prevalence of infant mortality by independent variables and associations between independent variables and infant mortality

From: Application of machine learning methods for predicting infant mortality in Rwanda: analysis of Rwanda demographic health survey 2014–15 dataset

 

Infants deaths

Live births

  

Characteristics

N (%)

N (%)

Chi-square

p-value

Place of residence

  Urban

310(5.1%)

5759(94.9%)

24.1

 < 0.001**

  Rural

1642(6.8%)

22,347(93.2%)

  

Marital status

  Single

61(5.3%)

1085(94.7%)

34.2

 < 0.001**

  Married

1053(6.0%)

16,643(94.0%)

  

  Living with partner

434(7.0%)

5781(93.0%)

  

  Widowed

196(7.9%)

2271(92.1%)

  

  Divorced/separated

208(8.2%)

2326(91.8%)

  

Maternal education

  No formal education

583(8.6%)

6195(91.4%)

95

 < 0.001**

  Primary

1269(6.2%)

19,140(93.8%)

  

  Secondary and over

100(3.5%)

2771(96.5%)

  

Employment status of women

  Employed/ self-employed 1

1873(6.6%)

26,673(93.4%)

4.2

0.40

  Unemployed 2

79(5.2%)

1433(94.8%)

  

Household Wealth Index

  Low

934(7.4%)

1176(92.6%)

42.2

 < 0.001**

  Middle

405(6.7%)

5603(93.3%)

  

  High

613(5.4%)

10,827(94.6%)

  

Age of mother at first birth

  Below 20 year old

760(7.8%)

9010(92.2%)

39.7

 < 0.001**

  20–34 years old

1189(5.9%)

19,028(94.1%)

  

  35 years old and over

3(4.2%)

68(95.8%)

  

Sex of child

  Male

1076(7.1%)

14,140(92.9%)

16.9

 < 0.001**

  Female

876(5.9%)

13,966(94.1%)

  

Birth order

  1 or 2 birth

999(6.4%)

14,533(93.6%)

229

0.892

  3 or 4 birth

562(6.5%)

8039(93.4%)

  

  5 births and over

391(6.6%)

5534(93.4%)

  

Birth interval

  Less 24 months

592(10.8%)

4887(89.2%)

249.6

 < 0.001**

  24 months and over

746(4.7%)

14,974(95.3%)

  

  First births

614(6.9%)

8245(93.1%)

  

Children ever born

  1-3children

336(3.5%)

9365(96.5%)

325.9

 < 0.001**

  4–6 children

830(6.5%)

11,868(93.5%)

  

  Over 6 children

786(10.3%)

6873(89.7%)

  

Breastfeeding

  Yes

584(4.9%)

11,278(95.1%)

79.6

 < 0.001**

  No

1368(7.5%)

16,828(92.5%)

  

Source of drinking water

  Improved

696(5.9%)

11,106(94.1%)

11.4

 < 0.001**

  Not improved

1256(6.9%)

17,000(93.1%)

  

Type of toilet Facility

  Improved

1824(6.4%)

26,814(93.6%)

15.6

 < 0.001**

  Not improved

128(9.0%)

1292(91.0%)

  

Type of cook fuel

  Improved

189(4.6%)

3957(95.4%)

29.7

 < 0.001**

  Not improved

1763(6.8%)

24,149(93.2%)

  
  1. **: Statistical significance at p < 0.001