Variables analysed as predictors of infant mortality
| Maternal and child health |
| Maternal HIV infection |
| Mother's parity |
| Gestational weight gain |
| Birth before 38th gestational week |
| Place, attendance, duration, and complications of delivery |
| Month of birth |
| Sex of the neonate |
| First recorded weight |
| Socioeconomic features |
| Age of parents |
| Age of mother at first pregnancy |
| Age of the previous child at new delivery |
| Number of previous infant or under 5 deaths in family |
| Number and age of people in the household |
| Sex of head of household |
| Present and former marital status of mother |
| Size and building material of house |
| Source of drinking water and presence of a pit latrine at home |
| Size of cultivated land area |
| Ownership of domestic animals |
| Ownership of selected household goods |
| Distance between home and health centre |
| Education of parents |
| Occupation of parents |
| Religion of parents |