Table 2.

Distribution of perinatal mortality by selected maternal socioeconomic, demographic characteristics, child demographic characteristics, and health and environmental factors in Tigray (n = 2738)

Covariates	Categories	Distribution of children		Perinatal death
		N	%	N	%
Maternal age	29 and less	366	13.4	24	6.6
	30–34	493	18	21	4.2
	35–39	756	27.6	38	5
	40–44	623	22.8	36	5.8
	45–49	500	18.3	51	10.2
Maternal education	No education	2074	75.7	124	6
	Primary educ.	555	20.3	38	6.8
	Secondary/higher	109	4.0	8	7
Husband education	No education	1537	56.1	102	6.6
	Primary educ.	1012	37	55	5.4
	Secondary/higher	189	6.9	13	6.9
Sex of household head	Male	2573	94	149	5.8
	Female	165	6	21	12.7
Sex of child	Male	1405	51.3	108	7.7
	Female	1333	48.7	62	4.6
Residence	Urban	309	11.3	11	3.6
	Rural	2429	88.7	159	6.5
Birth interval	15 and less	154	5.6	120	77.9
	16–26	633	23.1	50	7.9
	27–38	992	36.2	51	5
	39 and more	959	35	35	3.6
Birth order	3 and less	1266	46.2	86	6.8
	4–5	814	29.7	40	4.9
	6 and more	658	24	44	6.7
Source of drinking water	Piped water	683	24.9	33	4.8
	Protected well	1224	44.7	71	5.8
	Unprotected well	831	30.4	66	7.9
Toilet	No toilet facility	1495	54.6	116	7.8
	With toilet facility	1243	45.4	54	4.3
Wealth index	Poor	914	33.4	75	8.2
	Middle	1122	41	69	6
	Rich	702	25.6	26	3.7
Parity	3 and less	342	12.5	29	8.5
	4–5	632	23.1	25	4
	6–8	1274	46.5	60	4.7
	9 and more	490	17.9	56	11.4
Mother’s HIV status	No	2280	83.3	147	6.4
	Yes	458	16.7	23	5
Maternal occupation	Not working	992	36.2	50	5
	Agricultural sector	575	21	53	9.2
	Non-agricultural sector	1171	42.8	67	5.7
Total perinatal death				170	6.2
Early neonatal				111	4.1
Stillbirth				59	2.1