In search for an explanation to the upsurge in infant mortality in Kenya during the 1988–2003 period

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Hazard Ratios and likelihood chi-square values indicating the effects of period of birth controlling for explanatory variables on infant mortality, merged KDHS 1993-2003

Explanatory variable	Model I	Model II	Model III	Model IV	Model V	Model VI
LRχ2	7.18	33.07	64.3	38.19	110.59	102.57
d.f.	1	1	1	1	1	1
P-value	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Time period
1988-95	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
1996-2003	1.19 (2.69)*	1.03 (0.35)	1.23 (2.42)*	1.10(5.17)*	1.28(2.46)*	1.38(2.41)*

Notes: Model 1 = Time period indicator only, Model II = Model I plus all maternal factors, Model III = Model I plus all socio-economic factors (SES); Model IV = Model I plus all maternal health seeking factors; Model V = Model I plus community level factors and Model VI = Model I plus all other models. T-statistics are shown in the parentheses; *significant at p-value < 0.05. The LRχ2 values refer to those associated with the time period indicator variable.
Source: Primary analysis of the pooled KDHS Datasets, 1993, 1998 & 2003.

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