Household headship and child death: Evidence from Nepal

Table 2 Experience of child death of mother by socioeconomic and cultural characteristics (n = 4,066).

Socioeconomic and cultural characteristics	Experience of child death within five years
	Yes	No
Literacy status ***
Illiterate	7.8	92.2
Literate	3.7	96.3
Occupation
Not working/Agricultural sector	6.1	93.9
Non-agricultural sector	5.9	94.1
Religion *
Non-Hindu	4.2	95.8
Hindu	6.4	93.6
Mass media exposure
No exposure	6.3	93.7
One medium (Radio or TV) exposure	6.3	93.7
Both (Radio & TV) exposure	5.9	94.1
Wealth Status *
Poorest	7.5	92.5
Poorer	5.5	94.5
Middle	7.6	92.4
Richer	4.5	95.5
Richest	4.6	95.4
Ever used of FP methods ***
Never used	8.8	91.2
Ever used	4.4	95.6
Visited health facility for own or child's care in previous 12 months **
No	7.9	92.1
Yes	5.2	94.8
ANC check for last birth ***
No	8.5	91.5
Yes	5.2	94.8
Place of the last birth
Home	6.4	93.6
Health facility	4.7	95.3
Household headship*
Male-headed households	6.5	93.5
Female-headed households	4.5	95.5
Total	6.1	93.9

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