From: Prevalence and determinants of childhood mortality in Nigeria
Variable | IRR | Std.err | 95% CI | P |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 1.086 | 0.004 | 1.078–1.093 | <0.001*** |
Region | ||||
 North Central (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 North East | 1.125 | 0.092 | 0.958–1.322 | 0.152 |
 North West | 1.358 | 0.112 | 1.156–1.597 | <0.001*** |
 South East | 0.870 | 0.128 | 0.651–1.160 | 0.342 |
 South South | 1.240 | 0.140 | 0.993–1.548 | 0.057 |
 South West | 0.751 | 0.096 | 0.585–0.964 | 0.024*** |
Residence | ||||
 Urban (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Rural | 1.335 | 0.087 | 1.174–1.518 | <0.001*** |
Education | ||||
 No Education (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Primary | 1.074 | 0.051 | 0.979–1.179 | 0.131 |
 Secondary | 0.962 | 0.058 | 0.855–1.083 | 0.520 |
 Tertiary | 0.879 | 0.073 | 0.747–1.034 | 0.119 |
Wealth Index | ||||
 Poorest (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Poorer | 1.016 | 0.048 | 0.926–1.114 | 0.738 |
 Middle | 0.967 | 0.062 | 0.853–1.096 | 0.601 |
 Richer | 0.798 | 0.073 | 0.667–0.954 | 0.013*** |
 Richest | 0.713 | 0.090 | 0.558–0.913 | 0.007*** |
Age at 1st birth (years) | 0.973 | 0.003 | 0.968–0.979 | <0.001*** |
Religion | ||||
 Christianity (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Islam | 1.059 | 0.115 | 0.856–1.311 | 0.596 |
 Traditionalist | 1.531 | 0.169 | 1.232–1.901 | <0.001*** |
Employment | ||||
 No (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 0.997 | 0.072 | 0.865–1.150 | 0.972 |