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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2015 Feb;52(1):61–82. doi: 10.1007/s13524-014-0354-1

Table 2. Bivariate tabulation of correlates of child survival. (N=4270 Children with Survival Data).

Source Child Survived to Age 3 Mean or N Proportion SD Child Died Prior to Age 3 Mean or N Proportion SD P-Value

Not pregnant and “don't want” additional son or daughter KAP90 3917 23% 353 26% 0.128
Not pregnant and “unhappy” if additional son or daughter KAP90 3917 22% 353 23% 0.828
Child is girl DSS 3917 49% 353 52% 0.248
Years of schooling of mother Census96 3710 1.95 (2.80) 331 1.43 (2.41) 0.001 ***
Years of schooling of father Census96 3917 3.35 (4.25) 353 3.00 (3.75) 0.136
Household size DSS 3917 8.66 (4.26) 353 10.32 (5.75) 0.000 ***
Proportion abortions/pregnancies in village over 11 years RKS 3917 2.77% (0.02) 353 2.95% (0.02) 0.097
Average of FP worker responsiveness per village KAP90 3917 3.39 (0.34) 353 3.38 (0.33) 0.473
Treatment Block A DSS 3917 9% 353 7% 0.240
Treatment Block B DSS 3917 19% 353 19% 0.902
Treatment Block C DSS 3917 11% 353 8% 0.145
Treatment Block D DSS 3917 10% 353 7% 0.104
Comparison Area North DSS 3917 15% 353 17% 0.297
Comparison Area South DSS 3917 36% 353 41% 0.078
Asset Score in 1996 Census96 3558 2.97 (1.38) 323 2.94 (1.40) 0.725
Poorest Asset Quintile Census96 3558 19% 323 21% 0.352
2nd quintile Census96 3558 22% 323 20% 0.472
3rd quintile Census96 3558 20% 323 20% 0.961
4th quintile Census96 3558 22% 323 22% 0.880
Richest Asset Quintile Census96 3558 17% 323 17% 0.981

Data Sources: KAP90 is Knowledge Attitude Practice survey of 1990. DSS is demographic surveillance system. RKS is record keeping system.