Violent conflict and breastfeeding: the case of Iraq

Table 2 Summary statistics

	Entire sample		Under 6 months		6 months- 2 years
Variable	N	Mean	N	Mean	N	Mean
Conflict
Average casualty rate	15,142	0.20	4497	0.21	10,318	0.20
Pre-birth casualty rate	14,815	0.17	4497	0.19	10,318	0.17
Breastfeeding
Child ever breastfed	15,134	0.93	4496	0.95	10,316	0.93
Breastfed within one hour	13,971	0.44	4236	0.42	9579	0.45
Exclusive breastfeeding	13,834	0.07	4244	0.21	9590	0.01
Current breastfeeding	13,834	0.68	4244	0.89	9590	0.58
Milk or infant formula	14,815	0.51	4497	0.42	10,318	0.55
Health
Low birthweight below 2.5 kg	15,142	0.06	4497	0.05	10,318	0.06
ANC with skilled personnel	15,142	0.76	4497	0.76	10,318	0.77
Childbirth with skilled personnel	15,142	0.88	4497	0.87	10,318	0.88
Birth by caesarean section	15,134	0.21	4497	0.21	10,315	0.21
Contraception	15,142	0.52	4497	0.46	10,318	0.55
Individual/household
Male child	15,142	0.52	4497	0.51	10,318	0.52
Children ever born	15,142	3.27	4497	3.17	10,318	3.31
Dead children	15,142	0.15	4497	0.12	10,318	0.13
Primaparous mother	15,142	0.30	4497	0.33	10,318	0.29
Child marriage	15,142	0.35	4497	0.35	10,318	0.35
Husband-wife age difference	14,692	4.93	4372	4.94	10,023	4.92
Age of mother	15,142	27.80	4497	26.88	10,318	28.17
Primary education of mother	15,142	0.50	4497	0.50	10,318	0.50
Secondary education of mother	15,142	0.25	4497	0.23	10,318	0.26
Mother works	15,142	0.09	4497	0.08	10,318	0.09
Female household head	15,142	0.94	4497	0.94	10,318	0.95
Regional
Urban	15,142	0.58	4497	0.57	10,318	0.58
Kurd	15,142	0.22	4497	0.21	10,318	0.22
Sunni	15,142	0.31	4497	0.33	10,318	0.30
Year is 2011	15,142	0.86	4497	0.84	10,318	0.87

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