Time to death and its determinants among under-five children in Sub-Saharan Africa using the recent (2010–2018) demographic and health survey data: country-based shared frailty analyses

Table 3 Under-five children and maternal obstetric characteristics of the study participants in Sub-Saharan Africa using the recent (2010 -2018) DHS data, 2021

Characteristics	Category	Frequency		Unweighted percentage
Characteristics	Category	Unweighted	Weighted	Unweighted percentage
Sex	Male	187,282	185,107	50.58
Sex	Female	182,955	180,602	49.42
Plurality	Single	356,644	352,199.	96.33
Plurality	Multiple	13,593	13,510	3.67
Preceding birth interval	≥ 24 months	232,453	229,021	80.24
	18-23 months	37,156	36,286	12.83
	< 18 months	20,091	19,485	6.94
Preceding birth interval	≥ 24 months	232,453	229,022	80.24
Preceding birth interval	< 24 months	57,247	55,770	19.76
Birth order	<three	207,592	207,429	56.07
Birth order	≥ four	162,645	158,280	43.93
Birth size at birth	Low birth weight	221,658	219,360	63.32
Birth size at birth	Not low birth weight	128,411	127,222	36.68
ANC follow up	No ANC visit	151,249	147,150	40.85
ANC follow up	At least one ANC visit	218,988	218,559	59.15
Place of delivery	Health facility	226,838	228,155	61.79
Place of delivery	Home	140,269	134,373	38.21
Mode of delivery	SVD	352,688	347,167	95.26
Mode of delivery	Cesarean section	17,549	18,542	4.74

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