Table 2 Descriptive statistics for selected maternal and child factors
Variables | Total n = 90,951 | Birth before mine activation (n = 27,161) | Birth after mine activation (n = 63,790) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Impacted [0–10 km] | Comparison [10–50 km] | Impacted [0–10 km] | Comparison [10–50 km] | ||
n = 1073 | n = 26,088 | n = 3095 | n = 60,695 | ||
Child mortality indicators | |||||
Child death (0–59 months) | 6995 (7.7%) | 125 (11.7%) | 2848 (10.9%) | 166 (5.4%) | 3856 (6.4%) |
Neonatal death (0–30 days) | 2699 (3.0%) | 58 (5.4%) | 977 (3.8%) | 66 (2.1%) | 1598 (2.6%) |
Post-neonatal death (1–11 months) | 2314 (2.6%) | 31 (3.1%) | 963 (3.8%) | 57 (1.9%) | 1263 (2.1%) |
Child death (12–59 months) | 1982 (2.3%) | 36 (3.7%) | 908 (3.8%) | 43 (1.5%) | 995 (1.7%) |
Child characteristics | |||||
Child is male | 46,149 (50.7%) | 521 (48.6%) | 13,164 (50.5%) | 1556 (50.3%) | 30,908 (50.9%) |
Child is single birth | 87,585 (96.3%) | 1031 (96.1%) | 25,099 (96.2%) | 2994 (96.7%) | 58,461 (96.3%) |
Child age (months): n (mean; sd)¥ | 83,956 (28.2; 17.3) | 948 (31.2; 17.9) | 23,240 (30.7; 17.4) | 2929 (27.4; 17.2) | 56,839 (27.2; 17.1) |
Birth order of a child: n (mean; sd) | 90,951 (3.5; 2.4) | 1073 (3.9; 2.5) | 26,088 (3.9; 2.6) | 3095 (3.3; 2.2) | 60,695 (3.4; 2.3) |
Maternal characteristics | |||||
Mother’s age (years): n (mean; sd) | 90,951 (29.0; 7.0) | 1073 (29.1; 7.3) | 26,088 (29.2; 7.1) | 3095 (28.7; 6.8) | 60,695 (28.9; 7.0) |
Mother no education | 52,274 (57.5%) | 738 (68.8%) | 17,722 (67.9%) | 1498 (48.4%) | 32,316 (53.3%) |
Mother primary education | 21,180 (23.3%) | 184 (17.2%) | 4770 (18.3%) | 773 (25.0%) | 15,453 (25.5%) |
Mother secondary and higher education | 17,492 (19.2%) | 151 (14.1%) | 3596 (13.8%) | 824 (26.6%) | 12,921 (21.3%) |
Mother born less than 5 children | 57,898 (63.7%) | 653 (60.9%) | 15,634 (59.9%) | 2135 (69.0%) | 39,476 (65.0%) |
Household (HH) characteristics | |||||
HH wealth: poorest quintile | 17,452 (19.4%) | 272 (25.4%) | 4643 (18.4%) | 529 (17.1%) | 12,008 (19.8%) |
HH wealth: second poorest quintile | 19,600 (21.8%) | 224 (20.9%) | 5313 (21.1%) | 684 (22.1%) | 13,379 (22.0%) |
HH wealth: third quintile | 18,041 (20.0%) | 167 (15.6%) | 5039 (20.0%) | 655 (21.2%) | 12,180 (20.1%) |
HH wealth: fourth quintile | 17,011 (18.9%) | 256 (23.9%) | 4904 (19.5%) | 708 (22.9%) | 11,143 (18.4%) |
HH wealth: fifth quintile (richest) | 17,957 (19.9%) | 154 (14.4%) | 5299 (21.0%) | 519 (16.8%) | 11,985 (19.8%) |
HH location is rural | 62,644 (68.9%) | 869 (81.0%) | 18,014 (69.1%) | 2157 (69.7%) | 41,604 (68.6%) |