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Newborn birth weight and its associated risk factors in Somalia using Somalia health and demographic survey

Abstract

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Description

DATA AVAILABILITY : The data used in this study were Somalia Health and Demographic Survey 2020 data (SHDS 2020) and can be obtained or accessed from the Somalia National Bureau of Statistics (SNBS) at https://microdata.nbs.gov.so/index.php/catalog/50. The dataset is publicly available and can be accessed for research purposes.

Keywords

Ordinal logistic regression, Newborn, Birth weight, Somalia, Antenatal care (ANC), Low birth weight (LBW)

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG-03: Good health and well-being

Citation

Belay, D.B., Birhan, N.A., Ali, M.I. & Chen, D.-G. 2025, 'Newborn birth weight and its associated risk factors in Somalia using Somalia health and demographic survey', Global Pediatrics, vol. 11, art. 100241, pp. 1-7, doi : 10.1016/j.gpeds.2024.100241,