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Table 3 Characteristics of children in the Butajira cohort, 1987-2011

From: Consequences of maternal mortality on infant and child survival: a 25-year longitudinal analysis in Butajira Ethiopia (1987-2011)

 

Maternal death (42 days)

Mother survived

 

Index children

Non-index children

Children

n

32

72

16875

Sex of child

Boy

14 (43.8%)

38 (52.8%)

8679 (51.4%)

Girl

18 (56.2%)

34 (47.2%)

8196 (48.6%)

Birth order

1

11 (34.4%)

18 (25.0%)

4719 (28.0%)

2

4 (12.5%)

18 (25.0%)

3614 (21.4%)

3

0

16 (22.2%)

2803 (16.6%)

4

5 (15.6%)

8 (11.1%)

2077 (12.3%)

5+

12 (37.5%)

12 (16.7%)

3662 (21.7%)