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Table 2 Characteristics of variables with infant deaths per mother in Ethiopia, 2016 EDHS

From: Multilevel log linear model to estimate the risk factors associated with infant mortality in Ethiopia: further analysis of 2016 EDHS

   

Infant deaths per mother

Variable

Categories

N

mean

variance

Region

Tigray

1023

.3675464

.6553841

 

Afar

1043

.6759348

1.315226

 

Amhara

972

.5308642

.8239692

 

Oromia

1569

.5066922

.9095534

 

Somali

1496

.6858289

1.370127

 

Benishangul Gumuz

867

.6597463

1.434902

 

SNNPR

1269

.5602837

1.017854

 

Gambela

703

.4082504

.6236925

 

Harari

603

.4245439

.7795959

 

Addis Adaba

460

.0891304

.1249361

 

Dire Dawa

542

.4778598

.8451651

Residence

Rural

8579

.5929596

1.102893

 

Urban

1968

.2322154

.4122407

Mother education level

Primary

9427

.5662459

1.055737

 

Secondary and above

1120

.1839286

.3414752

Use of toilet

No use

4696

.6005111

1.074027

 

Use toilet

5851

.4655614

.9213352

Economic status of house hold

Poorest

5710

.6472855

1.218713

 

Middle

1453

.4886442

.8216685

 

Richest

3384

.3362884

.6270481

Current marital status

Married

9817

.5402873

1.018777

 

Other

730

.3287671

.6160437

Birth order

First

2152

.1277881

.2900317

 

2-4

4624

.3611592

.6889172

 

+ 5

377

.9543888

1.46211

Birth interval

One

7162

.4286512

.7741992

 

> 1

3385

.7308715

1.39652

Sex of child

Male

5433

.527517

.9963432

 

Female

5114

.5236605

.9911279