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The results showed that about 75% of the children\u2019s mothers had given birth to between one and five children, while more than half did not have any form of formal education. The results of the two-stage probit regression showed that while child survival reduced significantly (p &lt; 0.05) with the age of the heads of households, residence in the Ngazidja region, being born as twins, mother\u2019s number of business trips, and number of marital unions, it increased with maternal education, fertility, male household headship, and the child being breastfed immediately after birth. It was concluded that efforts to enhance maternal education would reduce child mortality. 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