Table 1 Background characteristics of the sample population
From: Survival among children under-five in India: a parametric multilevel survival approach
Covariates | Child Mortality rate |
|---|---|
Place of Residence | |
 Urban | 47,833 (25%) |
 Rural | 143,065 (75%) |
Birth Interval | |
 Less than 2 years | 35,402 (27.5%) |
 2–3 years | 38,431 (29.9%) |
 More than 3 years | 54,662 (42.5%) |
Parity | |
 First–Second | 124,291 (65.1%) |
 Third and above | 66,607 (34.9%) |
Educational level | |
 No education | 55,165 (28.9%) |
 Primary | 26,712 (13.9%) |
 Secondary | 88,871 (46.6%) |
 Higher | 20,150 (10.6%) |
Wealth Index | |
 Poorest | 46,782 (24.5%) |
 Poorer | 43,739 (22.9%) |
 Middle | 38,393 (20.1%) |
 Richer | 33,212 (17.4%) |
 Richest | 28,772 (15%) |
Quality of water | |
 Improved | 156,485 (82%) |
 Unimproved | 24,121 (12.6%) |
 Others | 10,292 (5.4%) |
Stool disposal of the child | Â |
 Safe | 67,198 (36.2%) |
 Unsafe | 118,231 (63.8%) |
Toilet Facility | |
 Improved*Not shared | 82,834 (44.8%) |
 Shared | 16,679 (9%) |
 Unimproved | 4,276 (2.3%) |
 No facility | 80,780 (43.7%) |
 Others | 287 (0.2%) |
Cooking Fule | |
 Clean | 62,123 (32.5%) |
 Solid | 128,757 (67.4%) |
Type of house | |
 Kachcha | 17,587 (9.2%) |
 Semi Pakka | 162,401 (85.1%) |
 Pakka | 10,910 (5.7%) |
Total | 190,898 (100%) |