Table 2 Number of events and corresponding completeness rates (%) in the survey
From: The validity of birth and pregnancy histories in rural Bangladesh
Event type | Questionnaire type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Both | Birth history | Pregnancy history | ||||
Actual no. of events | Completeness (%) | Actual no. of events | Completeness (%) | Actual no. of events | Completeness (%) | |
Number of womena | 1925 | – | 930 | – | 995 | – |
Live births | 5425 | 99.2 | 2666 | 99.0 | 2759 | 99.4 |
All infant deaths 0–119 months before survey | 315 | 84.1 | 138 | 81.9 | 177 | 85.9 |
Infants deaths 0–59 months before survey | 151 | 88.1 | 69 | 85.5 | 82 | 90.2 |
Infant deaths 60–119 months before survey | 164 | 80.5 | 69 | 78.3 | 95 | 82.1 |
Neonatal deaths | 192 | 82.3 | 84 | 81.0 | 108 | 83.3 |
Early neonatal | 135 | 80.7 | 58 | 79.3 | 77 | 81.8 |
Late neonatal | 57 | 86.0 | 26 | 84.6 | 31 | 87.1 |
Post neonatal | 123 | 87.0 | 54 | 83.3 | 69 | 89.9 |
Living children | 4718 | 99.9 | 2339 | 99.8 | 2379 | 100.0 |
Dead children* | 707 | 94.5 | 327 | 93.0 | 380 | 95.8 |