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. 2017 Apr 15;3:473–486. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.04.004
Child illness sample* Child death sample**
Mean/% Mean/%
Key variables
Child morbidity (# of symptoms) 0.69 (0.86)*
Child mortality (% ever died) 14.12*
Family structure
Divorced mother 8.90* 9.08*
Never-married mother NA NA
Widowed mother 1.79* 2.39*
Polygynously married mother 32.98* 33.73*
Monogamously married (ref) 56.33* 54.80*
Subnational region-level prevalence of divorced women (%) 7.05 (4.15)* 6.92 (4.15)*
Selection indicators
Marital conflict
Mother experienced domestic violence1 20.37* 19.96*
Socioeconomic resources
Mother’s years of formal schooling 2.91 (3.45)* 2.78 (3.42)*
Household wealth
 Poorest 28.73* 28.50*
 Poor 23.66* 23.60*
 Average 19.88* 20.00
 Rich 16.74* 16.86*
 Richest 10.99* 11.04*
Child-level controls
Female 50.00 49.50
Multiple birth 3.04 3.87
Maternal age at birth 29.21 (6.78)* 27.92 (6.95)*
Birth order 4.57 (2.41)* 4.27 (2.46)*
Length of preceding birth interval
 First born 7.63* 12.38*
 Short interval 44.55* 47.97*
 Long interval 47.82* 39.65*
Subnational region-level controls
Average years of schooling among adult women 4.09 (2.28)* 4.02 (2.28)*
Adult women’s employment (%) 66.65 (16.33)* 66.43 (16.43)*
Rural (% households rural) 71.84 (21.61)* 71.75 (21.31)*

*N=33,009; **N=94,209 children.

1Among subsample of countries with domestic violence module.