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Table 3 Environmental characteristics according to deaths of under-five children

From: Housing materials as predictors of under-five mortality in Nigeria: evidence from 2013 demographic and health survey

Environmental characteristics

Death among under-5 children (%)

Total number of children

χ 2-value

p-value

Cooking fuela

  

28.25

<0.001

 Clean

3.8

3340

  

 Biomass

6.1

15176

  

Source of drinking watera

 

9.64

0.002

 Improved

5.2

10339

  

 Unimproved

6.3

8177

  

Toilet facilitya

  

11.47

0.001

 Improved

5.1

9090

  

 Unimproved

6.3

9426

  

Housing materiala

  

50.91

<0.001

 Inadequate

7.1

7035

  

 Moderate

5.9

3414

  

 Adequate

4.4

8067

  
  1. aSignificant at 0.1%