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Table 3 Summary of birth registration question responses for livebirths by child’s sex and HDSS site

From: Birth, stillbirth and death registration data completeness, quality and utility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

 

Number of live births (n)

Registration with civil authorities (%)

% registered with civil authorities

% of children registered for whom time from birth to registration was reported

Registered and have birth certificate

Registered but don't have birth certificate

Don't know whether registered

Didn't register

Children surviving the neonatal period

Overall

10,548

26.7

4.0

1.6

67.7

30.7

93.6

Child sex

 Female

5,319

26.3

4.3

1.8

67.6

30.7

92.9

 Male

5,229

27.0

3.7

1.5

67.8

30.6

94.3

HDSS site

 Bandim

1,319

22.0

0.9

0.8

76.3

22.9

93.7

 Dabat

3,361

3.7

2.4

3.6

90.3

6.1

73.1

 IgangaMayuge

1,917

17.6

14.4

0.9

67.1

31.9

94.1

 Kintampo

3,951

52.2

1.3

0.5

46.0

53.5

95.4

Neonatal deaths

Overall

1,333

1.3

0.5

1.9

96.3

1.7

82.6

Child sex

 Female

519

1.0

0.0

2.3

96.7

1

62.5

 Male

814

1.1

0.7

1.6

96.6

2.9

93.3

HDSS site

 Bandim

471

0.4

0.0

0.4

99.2

0.4

50

 Dabat

247

1.2

0.0

5.7

93.1

1.2

100

 IgangaMayuge

247

3.6

2.0

2.0

92.4

5.7

78.6

 Kintampo

368

0.8

0.3

1.1

97.8

1.1

100