Table 2 Social, behavioral, and preventive factors included in the updated Pathway Analysis social autopsy questionnaire

Social factors

• Mother's education, literacy, age at marriage

• Household possessions, husband's education, breadwinner's occupation

• Duration of residence in community and time to reach usual health provider

• Social capital (community joint action, helpful persons/groups, denial of services)

Maternal factors (including care seeking for complications)

• Antenatal care (blood pressure, urine and blood, counseling on food and care seeking), tetanus toxoid, insecticide-treated bed net use, malaria prophylaxis

• Birthplace and attendant, partograph, handwashing, clean delivery surface

• Knowledge of and care seeking for pregnancy, labor, and delivery complications

• Constraints to health care seeking and compliance with referral advice for maternal complications

• Quality of health care services (treatment, referral, and reasons for referral for complications)

Care seeking for child illnesses

• Newborn and child illness recognition, health care seeking, compliance with treatment, and referral advice

• Constraints to health care seeking and compliance with treatment and referral advice

• Quality of health care services (treatment, referral, and reasons for referral of sick children).