Fig. 1
From: Spatial heterogeneity of low-birthweight deliveries on the Kenyan coast
The inclusion and exclusion criteria for deliveries as KCH. The population in the Kilifi Urban area is characterised by temporary (transient) residents thus presenting a challenge in establishing whether the permanent residence of this population is within the KHDSS and was thus excluded. In comparison to singleton births, multiple births are associated with increased odds of LBW [32]. Therefore, multiple births were excluded to remove bias towards LBW outcome. Still born babies have increased chances of being born with LBW [33]. Therefore, their inclusion would introduce bias in the data. Health workers’ strikes occurred in Mar 2012, Dec 2012, Dec-2016 to Feb-2017, Jun-2017 to Nov-2017, Dec-2020 to Mar-2021