Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics.
| Child Morbidity Samplea | Child Mortality Sampleb | |
|---|---|---|
| Mean/% | Mean/% | |
| Child morbidity: # of symptoms | 0.59 (0.87) | |
| Child died | 9.41 | |
| Mothers’ marital status | ||
| Divorced | 4.20 | 4.39 |
| Widowed | 1.35 | 1.73 |
| Never-married | 6.79 | 7.07 |
| Polygynously married | 22.38 | 23.74 |
| Monogamously married (reference) | 65.28 | 63.07 |
| Subnational region-level prevalence of divorced women (%) | 6.34 (3.79) | 6.36 (3.75) |
| Key maternal characteristics | ||
| Experienced IPVc | 18.71 | 18.43 |
| Years of formal schooling | 3.66 (4.15) | 3.49 (4.09) |
| Household wealth | ||
| Poorest | 24.12 | 24.43 |
| Poor | 20.86 | 21.15 |
| Average | 19.56 | 19.64 |
| Rich | 18.38 | 18.35 |
| Richest | 17.08 | 16.43 |
| Additional controls | ||
| Child-level | ||
| Maternal age at birth | 26.06 (6.72) | 25.91 (6.76) |
| Birth order | 3.55 (2.40) | 3.57 (2.43) |
| Length of preceding birth interval | ||
| First born | 23.05 | 23.28 |
| Short interval | 42.98 | 45.48 |
| Long interval | 33.97 | 31.24 |
| Female | 49.55 | 49.33 |
| Multiple birth | 2.70 | 3.32 |
| Subnational region-level | ||
| Percent households rural | 69.60 (22.64) | 69.89 (22.19) |
| Percent women employed | 64.89 (17.47) | 64.82 (17.51) |
| Average years of school among women | 4.22 (2.53) | 4.15 (2.54) |
a
All living children six months and older N=192,335 children.
b
All children born in the past seven years N=357,474 children.
c
Among subsample of countries with domestic violence module.