Characteristics of families and infants who sought care for morbidity in the circumcision study
| Characteristics | Circumcision study population | Circumcised infants | Circumcised infants with morbidity | Circumcised infants with morbidity whose families sought care |
| n=3141 | n=2850* (90.7%) | n=230 (8.1%) | n=35 (15.0%) | |
| Religion | ||||
| Christian | 2234 | 2048 (91.7%) | 172 (8.4%) | 24 (14.0%) |
| Muslim | 727 | 666 (91.6%) | 49 (7.4%) | 9 (18.4%) |
| Traditional Africa/none | 171 | 129 (75.4%) | 9 (7.0%) | 2 (22.2%) |
| Missing data | 9 | 7 (77.8%) | – | – |
| Mother’s highest educational level | ||||
| None | 601 | 512 (85.2%) | 50 (9.8%) | 6 (12.0%) |
| Primary | 1619 | 1481 (91.5%) | 127 (8.6%) | 21 (16.5%) |
| Secondary | 913 | 850 (93.1%) | 53 (6.2%) | 8 (15.1%) |
| Carer did not know | 8 | 7 (87.5%) | – | – |
| Income status of household | ||||
| 1 (Lowest) | 503 | 387 (76.9%) | 28 (7.2%) | 6 (21.4%) |
| 2 | 608 | 532 (87.5%) | 41 (7.7%) | 4 (9.8%) |
| 3 | 676 | 628 (92.9%) | 47 (7.5%) | 9 (19.1%) |
| 4 | 725 | 687 (94.8%) | 62 (9.0%) | 8 (12.9%) |
| 5 (Highest) | 629 | 613 (97.5%) | 52 (8.5%) | 8 (15.4%) |
| Missing data | 0 | 3 (0.1%) | – | – |
| Maternal age (years) | ||||
| Less than 20 | 360 | 319 (88.6%) | 26 (8.2%) | 3 (11.5%) |
| 20–29 | 1603 | 1458 (91.0%) | 130 (8.9%) | 18 (13.8%) |
| 30 or more | 1170 | 1066 (91.1%) | 74 (6.9%) | 14 (18.9%) |
| Carer did not know | 8 | 7 (87.5%) | – | – |
| Site of delivery | ||||
| Health facility | 2479 | 2292 (92.5%) | 196 (8.6%) | 28 (14.3%) |
| Home | 650 | 549 (84.5%) | 34 (6.2%) | 7 (20.6%) |
| Missing data | 12 | 6 (50.9%) | – | – |
| Distance to health facility | ||||
| <1 km | 1545 | 1444 (93.5%) | 110 (7.6%) | 21 (19.1%) |
| 1–4.9 km | 801 | 741 (92.5%) | 77 (10.4%) | 7 (9.1%) |
| 5–10 km | 484 | 400 (82.6%) | 27 (6.8%) | 3 (11.1%) |
| 10 km or more | 231 | 186 (80.5%) | 14 (7.5%) | 3 (21.4%) |
| Missing data | 80 | 76 (95.0%) | 2 (2.6%) | 1 (50.1%) |
| Birth weight | – | |||
| Less than 2.5 kg | 255 | 214 (83.9%) | 21 (9.1%) | 1 (4.8%) |
| 2.5 kg or greater | 2886 | 2633 (91.2%) | 209 (7.9%) | 34 (16.3%) |
| Missing data | 0 | – | – | – |
*Three circumcised infants had no socioeconomic and demographic data due to field worker error.