RESEARCH ARTICLE
Socio-Economic and Demographic Determinants of Under-Five Mortality in Ethiopia, 2011
Frissiano Ernest Honwana*, Sileshi Fanta Melesse
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 10
First Page: 160
Last Page: 166
Publisher ID: TOPHJ-10-160
DOI: 10.2174/1874944501710010160
Article History:
Received Date: 28/04/2017Revision Received Date: 01/06/2017
Acceptance Date: 04/08/2017
Electronic publication date: 26/09/2017
Collection year: 2017
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
Although the economic conditions in Ethiopian households have recently improved, under-five mortality has remained one of the major problems in the country. Identification of the risk factors for under-five mortality is an important problem that needs to be addressed. This study aimed to estimate the effect of socio-economic and demographic factors on under-five mortality in Ethiopia.
Methods:
Data consisting of a nationally representative sample of 26370 children in the 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey was analyzed. The survey logistic regression model was adopted for analysis. The outcome variable was the child’s survival status i.e. the child being either alive or dead. The explanatory variables were the socio-economic and demographic factors for mother and child, respectively.
Results:
The overall significance of all variables was investigated, and the following variables were found to have significant effect on the under-five mortality in Ethiopia: the sex of child, mother’s age at birth, the region, area of residence and educational of the mother.
Conclusion:
This study suggests that improving the educational level of mothers and reducing the regional disparity can reduce child mortality in Ethiopia.
