Table 2.

The factors associated with child survival and thematic groups as used in the current analysis

Group	ID	Variable
Environmental factors	1	Rural residency
	2	Precipitation
	3*	Enhanced vegetation index (EVI)
Maternal factors	4	Maternal education
	5	Maternal literacy
	6	Female headed households
	7	Short birth spacing
	8	Use of modern contraceptives
	9	High parity
Child factors	10	Underweight
	11	Wasted
	12	Stunted
	13	Breast fed within the first hour of birth
	14	Exclusive breast feeding
	15	Continued breast feeding
	16	Low birth weight (LBW)
Household factors	17	Poor household
	18	Improved sanitation
	19	Access to any form of a toilet
	10	Improved water
	21	Access to wells, borehole and piped water
Infections	22	HIV infection prevalence
	23	Malaria infection prevalence
Healthcare utilisation	24	At least one antenatal care visit (ANC1)
	25	At least four antenatal care visits (ANC4)
	26	Skilled birth attendance (SBA)
	27	Health facility deliveries (HFD)
	28	Diarrhoea treatment-seeking
	29	Fever/cough treatment-seeking
Child health interventions	30	BCG
	31	Three diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis vaccinations (DPT3)
	32	Three doses of polio (Polio3)
	33	Measles
	34	Fully immunised
	35	Oral rehydration salts (ORS use)
	36*	Vitamin A-children
	37*	Insecticide treated bed nets (ITN) use by children
	38*	Recommended antimalarial use
Maternal health interventions	39	Tetanus toxoid injection
	40*	Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp 1)
	41*	IPTp 2
	42*	Iron supplement
	43*	Vitamin A-mothers

The definitions and respective data sources of factors are shown in online supplemental file 2.

*2003 is the baseline year because the corresponding factors were either not monitored or had not been rolled out.