Under-Five Mortality and Associated Risk Factors in Rural Settings of Ethiopia: Evidences from 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Table 1

Description of independent variables included in the study.

Variables	Categorical variable description	No of categories
Region	Tigray, Afar, Amhara, Oromia, Somali, Benishangul-Gumuz, SNNPR, Gambela, Harari, Dire Dawa	10
Fathers’ and mothers’ education level	No education, primary, secondary and above	3
Twin child status	Single, multiple	2
Place of delivery	Home, public sector, private sector	3
Mothers’ and fathers’ occupation status	Not working, had working	2
Mothers’ current marital status	Others, married	2
Age of mothers at first birth	16, 16	2
Sources of drinking water	Piped, others	2
Types of toilet facility	Use toilet, no any kind of toilet	2
Breast feeding	No, yes	2
Birth order number	First, 2-3, 4 and above	3
Religion	Orthodox, Muslim, others	3
Contraceptive method	No, yes	2
Vaccination of child	No, yes	2
Family size	1–3, 4–6, 7	3
Wealth index	Poor, medium, rich	3
Sex of child	Male, female	2
Mothers’ age group (years)	Below 20, 20–29, 30–39, 40 and above	4
Number of antenatal visits	No visits, 1–3, 4 and above visited	3
Preceding birth interval (months)	0–24, 25–36, 36	3