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Table 2 Infant characteristics of SSA countries using the recent DHS 2010 to 2018, 2020

From: Time to death and its associated factors among infants in sub-Saharan Africa using the recent demographic and health surveys: shared frailty survival analysis

Variables

Categories

Frequency (n)

Unweighted percentage

Unweighted

Weighted

Infant sex

Male

48,471

48,076

51.69

Female

45,294

44,901

48.31

Plurality

Single

88,605

87,882

94.50

Multiple

5160

5095

5.50

Preceding birth interval

≥ 24 months

59,480

58,989

81.58

18–23 months

8586

8356

11.78

<  18 months

4848

4727

6.65

Birth order

≤ three

52,202

52,380

55.67

≥ four

41,563

40,597

44.33

Birth size at birth

Smaller than average

16,921

16,797

19.54

Average

39,310

39,067

45.40

Larger than average

30,356

30,148

35.06

Duration of breastfeeding

Never breastfed

26,947

26,836

28.74

Still breastfeeding

66,818

66,141

71.26

Breastfeeding at birth

Not-immediately

56,278

55,455

60.02

Immediately

37,487

37,522

39.98

ANC visits

No ANC

23,791

23,369

25.37

At least one ANC

69,974

69,608

74.63

Place of delivery

Health facilities

57,416

57,714

63.13

Home delivery

33,533

32,459

36.87

Mode of delivery

SVD

88,980

87,970

94.90

Cesarean section

4785

5006

5.10

Total

93,765

92,977

100