Table 1.
Description of Study 2 cohort, including vaccine and socioeconomic status by survival
| Variable | Survived N (%) |
Deceased N (%) |
| Total | 37 926 | 454 |
| PCV13 doses* | ||
| 0 doses | 1657 (4) | 43 (9) |
| 1 dose | 343 (1) | 21 (5) |
| 2 doses | 1242 (3) | 53 (12) |
| 3 doses | 33 703 (89) | 331 (73) |
| Missing | 982 (3) | 6 (1) |
| RV1 introduction* | ||
| Pre-RV1 | 9208 (24) | 131 (29) |
| Post-RV1 | 28 718 (76) | 323 (71) |
| Mother’s marital status* | ||
| Married | 34 055 (90) | 345 (76) |
| Single | 2023 (5) | 46 (10) |
| Separated/widow | 1752 (5) | 47 (10) |
| Mother deceased | 28 (0) | 10 (2) |
| Missing | 68 (0) | 6 (1) |
| Mother’s education * | ||
| None | 4457 (12) | 69 (15) |
| Primary | 28 765 (76) | 339 (75) |
| Secondary/tertiary | 4631 (12) | 39 (9) |
| Missing | 73 (0) | 7 (1) |
| House quality* † | ||
| Worst | 28 920 (76) | 365 (80) |
| Middle | 5637 (15) | 51 (11) |
| Best | 3305 (9) | 32 (7) |
| Missing | 64 (0) | 6 (1) |
| Water source* | ||
| Open source | 7399 (20) | 110 (24) |
| Protected source | 30 476 (80) | 338 (75) |
| Missing | 51 (0) | 6 (1) |
| Toilet facility* | ||
| None | 7334 (19) | 73 (16) |
| Some | 30 539 (81) | 375 (83) |
| Missing | 53 (0) | 6 (1) |
| Median (IQR) |
Median (IQR) |
|
| Household assets*‡ | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–2) |
| Mother’s age at child’s birth*§ | 25 (21–31) | 26 (22–33) |
*P value<0.05 from χ2 test in categorical variables and t-test comparison of means in continuous variables between surviving and deceased children.
†House quality is a composite of the construction materials used to make the roof, walls and floor.
‡Household assets include: bicycle, radio, ox cart and mobile phone; mean in survived=1.5, mean in deceased=1.2.
§Mean in survived=26.1; mean in deceased=28.0.
PCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; RV, rotavirus vaccine.