Time to under-five mortality and its predictors in rural Ethiopia: Cox-gamma shared frailty model

• Melaku Yalew,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Reproductive and Family Health, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7314-2523

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• Mastewal Arefaynie,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Reproductive and Family Health, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

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• Gedamnesh Bitew,

  Roles Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

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• Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu,

  Roles Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

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• Bereket Kefale,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Reproductive and Family Health, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

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• Amare Muche,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8533-3570

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• Zinabu Fentaw,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-868X

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• Muluken Genetu Chanie,

  Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Systems and Policy, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7059-1449

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• Mequannent Sharew Melaku,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Bezawit Adane,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

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• Yitayish Damtie,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Reproductive and Family Health, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

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• Metadel Adane,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7039-4768

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• Wolde Melese Ayele,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4830-3599

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• Assefa Andargie,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

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• Reta Dewau

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: retadewau30@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6531-2468

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