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Table 1 Factors associated with not recalling a complete date-of-birth among children <5 years contributing survival time

From: Neonatal and child mortality data in retrospective population-based surveys compared with prospective demographic surveillance: EN-INDEPTH study

 

Bandim

Dabat

IgangaMayuge

Matlab

Kintampo

RR (95%CI) adjusted for HDSS site

P value for interaction with sitea

Number of births

18423

16029

16044

32308

27013

Incomplete date-of-birthb

7% (1376/18423)

1% (146/16029)

6% (1010/16044)

2% (755/32308)

7% (1832/27013)

Recall period

 Born within past 2 years

2% (116/5045)

0% (12/3366)

2% (73/3426)

1% (57/8322)

2% (99/5572)

1 (ref)

0.39

 Born more than 2 years ago

9% (1260/13378)

1% (134/12663)

7% (937/12618)

3% (698/23986)

8% (1733/21441)

4.08 (3.67–4.55)

 

Survival status

 Alive

6% (1129/17657)

1% (133/15639)

6% (898/15567)

2% (650/31591)

6% (1523/26299)

1 (ref)

< 0.001

 Died before 5 years

32% (247/766)

3% (13/390)

23% (112/477)

15% (105/717)

43% (309/714)

5.82 (5.42–6.24)

 

Sex

 Male

7% (682/9413)

1% (71/8026)

6% (511/8075)

2% (368/16044)

7% (914/13736)

1 (ref)

0.89

 Female

7% (631/8947)

1% (75/8003)

6% (499/7969)

2% (386/16263)

7% (918/13277)

1.01 (0.96–1.07)

 

Education

 One

15% (996/6506)

1% (128/11113)

15% (246/1621)

9% (124/1407)

9% (1077/11918)

1 (ref)

< 0.001c

 Primary school

5% (286/5475)

1% (17/3083)

7% (589/9049)

5% (344/6338)

5% (745/14142)

0.47 (0.44–0.51)

 

 Secondary school

2% (84/5364)

0% (1/859)

3% (162/4703)

1% (285/20679)

1% (9/701)

0.15 (0.13–0.17)

 

 Higher education

1% (8/1074)

0% (0/974)

2% (13/671)

0% (2/3884)

0% (1/252)

0.04 (0.02–0.06)

 

 Missing

50% (2/4)

      

Parity

 1

2% (48/2426)

0% (2/1259)

2% (27/1150)

1% (33/6345)

2% (40/1944)

1 (ref)

< 0.001

 2

5% (193/3765)

0% (8/2218)

3% (52/1874)

1% (187/13040)

5% (202/3917)

2.33 (1.95–2.79)

 

 3

7% (275/3817)

1% (15/2310)

3% (61/2171)

3% (245/8511)

6% (306/4847)

3.52 (2.95–4.20)

 

 4

9% (263/3048)

1% (13/2505)

4% (90/2323)

6% (179/3147)

7% (326/4807)

4.41 (3.67–5.29)

 

 5+

11% (597/5367)

1% (108/7737)

9% (780/8526)

9% (111/1265)

8% (958/11498)

6.00 (5.05–7.14)

 

Wealth quintiles

 Poorest

4% (127/3344)

1% (30/4644)

8% (336/4461)

4% (307/6877)

8% (482/5956)

1 (ref)

< 0.001

 2

6% (211/3430)

1% (39/3281)

7% (252/3618)

3% (205/6476)

8% (467/5635)

1.00 (0.90–1.10)

 

 3

8% (285/3537)

1% (48/3450)

7% (223/3012)

2% (119/6355)

7% (354/5402)

0.92 (0.83–1.02)

 

 4

8% (274/3608)

1% (26/2679)

5% (137/2748)

1% (76/6274)

6% (312/5167)

0.76 (0.68–0.85)

 

 Richest

11% (479/4504)

0% (3/1975)

3% (62/2205)

1% (48/6326)

4% (217/4853)

0.75 (0.67–0.83)

 
  1. aInteraction with HDSS site tested in a separate model
  2. bComplete date-of-birth defined as day, month and year of birth provided. An incomplete date-of-birth includes all dates of birth missing at least one of day, month and/or year
  3. cTested by grouping secondary and higher education together
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