Table 1 Description of variables used for analysis
From: The impact of household wealth on child survival in Ghana
Variables | Description |
|---|---|
Duration | Age in months of the child at the time of survey. If the child is dead at the time of the survey, it shows the child’s age in month when the child died. |
Household level | |
 Wealth index | Continuous variable which represents the long run economic status of household |
 Poorest | =1 if household is poorest quantile, 0 otherwise |
 Poor | =1 if household is poor quantile, 0 otherwise |
 Middle | =1 if household is middle quantile, 0 otherwise |
 Richer | =1 if household is richer quantile, 0 otherwise |
 Richest | =1 if household is richest quantile, 0 otherwise |
Mothers’ age (years) | |
 Teenage mother | =1 if mother at the time of birth of the index child was 15 years and above but less than 20 years, 0 otherwise |
 20–29 | =1 if mother at the time of birth of the index child was aged 20 or higher less than 30 years, 0 otherwise |
 30–39 | =1 if mother at the time of birth of the index child was aged 30 or higher less than 40 years, 0 otherwise |
 Over 40 | =1 if mother at the time of birth of the index child was age 40 or above, 0 otherwise |
Mothers’ education | |
 No education | =1 if mother had never attended school, 0 otherwise |
 Primary | =1 if mother had primary education, 0 otherwise |
 Secondary or higher | =1 if mother had either secondary or higher education, 0 otherwise |
Fathers’ education | |
 No education | =1 if father had never attended school, 0 otherwise |
 Primary | =1 if father had primary education, 0 otherwise |
 Secondary or higher | =1 if father had either secondary or higher education, 0 otherwise |
 Improved water | =1 if household’s source of drinking water is approved by WHO/UNICEF as improved, 0 otherwise |
 Improved sanitation | =1 if household uses toilet facility approved by WHO/UNICEF as improved, 0 otherwise |
Individual level | |
 Male | =1 if sex of child is male, 0 otherwise |
 Birth order | Indicates the order in which index child was born |
 Preceding birth interval (months) | Indicate the difference in months between the index child and previous child |
 Below 24 | =1 if preceding birth interval is less than 24 months, 0 otherwise |
 24–36 | =1 if preceding birth interval is between 24–36 months, 0 otherwise |
 Above 36 | =1 if preceding birth interval is above 36 months, 0 otherwise |
 Number of Children aged ≤5 | Indicates the number of children in the household who are 5 years and below |
 Twin | =1 if child was of multiple birth, 0 otherwise |
 Community level | |
 Urban | =1if location was classified as urban, 0 otherwise |
Regional distribution | |
 Southern Belt | =1 if household is located in Central or Western or Greater Accra Region, 0 otherwise |
 Eastern-Volta | =1 if household is located in Eastern or Volta Region, 0 otherwise |
 Ashanti-Brong | =1 if household is located in Ashanti or Brong-Ahafo Region, 0 otherwise |
 Northern Belt | =1 if household is located in Northern or Upper-East or Upper-West Region, 0 otherwise |
Religion | |
 No religion | =1 if mother did not join any religious group, 0 otherwise |
 Christianity | =1 if mother was a Christian, 0 otherwise |
 Muslim | =1 if mother was a Muslim, 0 otherwise |
 Traditional | =1 if mother joins any Traditional religious sect, 0 otherwise |
 Others | =1 if mother joins any other religious group, 0 otherwise |