Effect of insecticide-treated bed net usage on under-five mortality in northern Ghana

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of determinants of under-five mortality in Ghana

Explanatory variable	Variables description	Mean	SD
Under-five death	Whether the child died before age 5	0.148	0.355
Birth order	Childs birth order	3.305	2.166
Mother’s education	Years of schooling of the mother	1.238	3.024
Male	Male child	0.514	0.5
Upper East	Whether the child is in the Upper East region	0.407	0.491
Northern	Whether the child is in the Northern region	0.264	0.441
Upper West	Whether the child is in the Upper West region	0.328	0.47
Partner’s education	Husbands years of schooling	7.424	21.617
Female head	Female headed household	0.163	0.37
No net	Whether child use no net for sleeping	0.521	0.499
Only treated net	Whether child use only treated net for sleeping	0.231	0.422
Only untreated net	Whether child use only untreated net for sleeping	0.242	0.432
Household size	Total household members	7.324	3.337
Urban	Whether the child lives in an urban area	0.177	0.382
Health facility	Whether the child was delivered at a health facility	0.093	0.29
Mothers age	Age of the mother	36.677	7.579
Poorest	Whether the child belongs to a poorest household	0.645	0.478
Poorer	Whether the child belongs to a poorer household	0.175	0.380
Middle	Whether the child belongs to a middle wealth household	0.090	0.286
Richer	Whether the child belongs to a richer household	0.059	0.236
Richest	Whether the child belongs to a richest household	0.030	0.170

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