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Table 2 Categorization of variables and the frequency distribution of the children under age 5

From: Geographical variations in infant and child mortality in West Africa: a geo-additive discrete-time survival modelling

Variables	Sample size	Percentage
Place of residence
Urban	35,497	29.5
Rural	84,671	70.5
Birth order
1st birth	23,498	19.6
2nd or 3rd order	39,928	33.2
4th or higher order	56,742	47.2
Multiple birth
Yes	4703	3.9
No	115,465	96.1
Sex
Female	59,022	49.1
Male	61,146	50.9
Sex of the household head
Male	104,052	86.6
Female	16,116	13.4
Educational attainment
No education	79,688	66.3
Primary	20,343	16.9
Secondary or higher	20,111	16.7
Wealth
Poorest	27,422	22.8
Poorer	26,036	21.7
Middle	24,583	20.4
Richer	22,914	19.1
Richest	19,213	16.0
Working status
No	42,566	35.4
Yes	77,330	64.4
Missing	272	0.2
Has electricity
No	87,512	72.8
Yes	32,552	27.1
Missing	104	0.1
Toilet facility
Non-improved	75,404	62.7
Improved	44,680	37.2
Missing	84	0.1
Water source
Others	2359	2.0
Surface	18,698	15.6
Well	72,338	60.2
Pipe	25,599	21.2
Missing	1174	1.0
Place of delivery
Any other place	56,672	47.1
Hospital	62,793	52.3
Missing	703	0.6
Exposure to mass media
Newspaper
No	110,149	91.7
Yes	9671	8.0
Missing	348	0.3
Radio
No	46,469	38.7
Yes	73,484	61.2
Missing	215	0.2
Television
No	77,501	64.5
Yes	42,363	35.3
Missing	304	0.3
Type of cooking fuel
Any other	16,061	13.4
Electricity/gas	2074	1.7
Kerosene	4915	4.1
Wood	97,075	80.8

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